Handbag/purse
date: label: Date created
content: 1969
name: label: Culture/People
content: Tuscarora
label: Artist/Maker
content: Ruth Mt. Pleasant (Eliza Ruth Patterson/Eliza Ruth Mt. Pleasant/Mrs. Edison P. Mt. Pleasant II), Tuscarora, 1922-2005
label: Previous owner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
label: IACB agent
content: Nancy Engle, Non-Indian
label: IACB source
content: Ruth Mt. Pleasant (Eliza Ruth Patterson/Eliza Ruth Mt. Pleasant/Mrs. Edison P. Mt. Pleasant II), Tuscarora, 1922-2005
notes: label: Collection History
content: Purchased by Nancy Engle (Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo, New York) from the artist on behalf of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board in 1969; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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: Tuscarora Reservation; Niagara County; New York; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Tuscarora
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: 26/1466
label: Barcode
content: 261466.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Handbag/purse
label: Media/Materials
content: Hide, glass bead/beads, thread
label: Techniques
content: Stitched, edge beaded, overlay beadwork
label: Dimensions
content: 28.8 x 16.2 x 1.0 cm