Burden strap/tumpline
name: label: Culture/People
content: Seneca [Tonawanda]
label: Collector
content: George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
label: Previous owner
content: Vassar Brothers Institute
label: Donor
content: Vassar Brothers Institute
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected or purchased from an unknown source by George Heye after 1919; removed from the MAI collection and exchanged by MAI to the Vassar Brothers Institute (an educational society in Poughkeepsie, New York) in 1928; returned to MAI as a gift from the Vassar Brothers Institute in 1948.
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: Tonawanda Reservation; Niagara County, Erie County, Genesee County; New York; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Seneca [Tonawanda]
label: See related items
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 2/4507
label: Barcode
content: 024507.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Burden strap/tumpline
label: Media/Materials
content: Cordage
label: Techniques
content: Fingerwoven