Pocketbook or Doctor's bag
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1890
name: label: Culture/People
content: Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)
label: Possible collector
content: Reverend Walter Clark Roe, Non-Indian, 1859-1913
label: Possible collector
content: Mary Wickham Roe (Mrs. Walter Clark Roe), Non-Indian, 1863-1941
label: Possible collector
content: Elizabeth Merwin Roe Page (Mrs. Alfred R. Page), Non-Indian, 1861-1943
label: Previous owner
content: Elizabeth Merwin Roe Page (Mrs. Alfred R. Page), Non-Indian, 1861-1943
label: Previous owner
content: Marjorie Page Schauffler (Mrs. Bennet Fellows Schauffler), Non-Indian, 1897-1983
label: Donor
content: Marjorie Page Schauffler (Mrs. Bennet Fellows Schauffler), Non-Indian, 1897-1983
notes: label: Collection History
content: Formerly in the collection of the Page and Schauffler families and possibly collected by Reverend Walter Clark Roe (1859-1913 ) or his wife Mary Wickham Roe (1863-1941), who served as missionaries in Colony, Oklahoma, between 1897 and 1913, or by Mrs. Roe's sister, Elizabeth Merwin Roe Page (Mrs. Alfred R. Page, 1861-1943), during visits to Indian reservations as part of her duties as Field Secretary for the Women's Board of Domestic Missions of the Reformed Church in America (1903 to 1913); inherited by Mrs. Page's daughter, Marjorie Page Schauffler (Mrs. Bennet Fellows Schauffler, 1897-1983); donated to MAI by Mrs. Schauffler in 1981.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: North Dakota or South Dakota; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)
label: See related items
content: Bags/Pouches (and parts)
label: On View
content: NMAI, Washington DC: Window on Collections, Best of Beadwork
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 25/982
label: Barcode
content: 250982.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bags/Pouches (and parts)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Pocketbook or Doctor's bag
label: Media/Materials
content: Hide, metal items, glass bead/beads, metal bead/beads, twine/string
label: Techniques
content: Sewn, lazy/lane stitch beadwork
label: Dimensions
content: 30 x 21 cm