Handbag/purse
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1890
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Iroquois (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Private Tom Allen, Non-Indian
label: Previous owner
content: Mrs. Mack Berry, Non-Indian
label: Previous owner
content: Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)
label: Seller
content: Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Said to have been given to Private Tom Allen during the Civil War (1861-1865); formerly in the collection of Mrs. Mack Berry; donated by her to the Daughters of the American Revolution (Washington, DC) at an unknown date; purchased by MAI from the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1971.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: New York; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Iroquois
label: See related items
content: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 24/4191
label: Barcode
content: 244191.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Handbag/purse
label: Media/Materials
content: Cotton cloth, rickrack, glass bead/beads, thread
label: Techniques
content: Sewn, overlay beadwork, lazy/lane stitch beadwork, edge beaded