Handbag/Purse
date: label: Date created
content: 1870-1890
name: label: Culture/People
content: Mohegan
label: Artist/Maker
content: made by Delana Mathews Skeesucks (Delana Matthews Dolbeare), Niantic/Mohegan, 1849-1938; Adeline Mathews Dolbeare, Niantic/Mohegan, 1846-1939; or Ella Louise Mathews Avery, Mohegan/Niantic, 1854-1924
label: Collector
content: Dr. Frank G. Speck (Frank Gouldsmith Speck/F.G. Speck/FGS), Non-Indian, 1881-1950
label: Previous owner
content: Dr. Frank G. Speck (Frank Gouldsmith Speck/F.G. Speck/FGS), Non-Indian, 1881-1950
label: Seller
content: Dr. Frank G. Speck (Frank Gouldsmith Speck/F.G. Speck/FGS), Non-Indian, 1881-1950
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected by anthropologist Frank G. Speck (1881-1950) in 1902; purchased by George Heye from Frank Speck in 1906.
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: Near Norwich; Norwich; New London County; Connecticut; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Mohegan
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: 1/1048
label: Barcode
content: 011048.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bags/Pouches (and parts)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Handbag/Purse
label: Media/Materials
content: Velveteen, glass bead/beads
label: Techniques
content: Sewn, raised beadwork, overlay beadwork, edge beaded