Handbag/Purse
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Kuskwogmiut Yup'ik (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Harriet E. Boyce (Mrs. John Jewett Boyce), Non-Indian, 1855-1947
label: Previous owner
content: Washington University
label: Seller
content: Washington University
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; probably acquired by Harriet E. Boyce (Mrs. John Jewett Boyce, 1855-1947) between 1887 and 1904 during travel to Alaska with her husband; donated by Harriet Boyce to the St. Louis Museum (associated with Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri) after 1904; purchased by MAI from Washington University in 1960.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Kuskokwim River; Calista Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Kuskwogmiut Yup'ik
label: See related items
content: Bags/Pouches (and parts)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 23/1203
label: Barcode
content: 231203.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bags/Pouches (and parts)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Handbag/Purse
label: Media/Materials
content: Sealskin/fur, glass bead/beads, porcupine quills
label: Techniques
content: Overlay beadwork, quill embroidered