Handbag/purse
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Seneca (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Valdemar T. Hammer (V. T. Hammer), Non-Indian, 1869-1935
label: Possible seller
content: Valdemar T. Hammer (V. T. Hammer), Non-Indian, 1869-1935
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Valdemar T. Hammer (1869-1935, a Connecticut manufacturer and collector of Egyptian antiquities); purchased by MAI in 1933, possibly from Valdemar Hammer.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Ontario, Québec, New York; Canada, USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Seneca
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: 18/4838
label: Barcode
content: 184838.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Handbag/purse
label: Media/Materials
content: Wool cloth, silk ribbon, glass bead/beads, thread
label: Techniques
content: Sewn, overlay beadwork, lazy/lane stitch beadwork, edge beaded
label: Dimensions
content: 17.80 x 17.10 x 1.00 cm