Purse and shells with box
date: label: Date created
content: 1985-2000
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Hupa (attributed)
label: Artist/Maker
content: attributed to George Blake, Hupa/Yurok, b. 1944
label: Donor
content: Irene Hirano Inouye (Mrs. Daniel K. Inouye), Non-Indian, 1948-2020
label: Previous owner
content: Senator Daniel K. Inouye, Non-Indian, 1924-2012
notes: label: Collection History
content: Formerly in the collection of Senator Daniel K. Inouye (1924-2012, D-Hawaii) and probably received as a gift in recognition of his service to American Indians as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (1987-1995 and 2001-2003); donated to NMAI by Senator Inouye's widow Irene Hirano Inouye (1948-2020) in 2013.
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place: label: Place
content: Hoopa Valley Reservation; Humboldt County; California; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Hupa
label: See related items
content: Containers and Vessels
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 26/9068
label: Barcode
content: 269068.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Containers and Vessels
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Purse and shells with box
label: Media/Materials
content: Elk antler, ink, dentalium shell/shells, hide thong/babiche, glass bead/beads, sinew, wood, metal hinges, velvet
label: Techniques
content: Cut, carved, incised, strung, tied, drawn, commercially produced/manufactured
label: Dimensions
content: 23.0 x 16.2 x 12.0 cm