Belt bag
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1875
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Western Apache (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Catherine Van Cortlandt Matthews, Non-Indian, 1876-1954
label: Previous owner
content: Isabel Matthews Mason (Mrs. William Virginius Mason/Mrs. William V. Mason), Non-Indian, 1879-1973
label: Previous owner
content: William F. Stiles (WFS), Non-Indian, 1912-1980
label: Seller
content: William F. Stiles (WFS), Non-Indian, 1912-1980
notes: label: Collection History
content: Said to have been collected by an officer during a military campaign in the Southwest Indian Campaign circa 1875 and sent to a member of the Van Cortlandt family; formerly in the collection of Van Cortlandt descendants Catherine Van Cortlandt Matthews (1876-1954) and Isabel Matthews Mason (Mrs. William Virginius Mason, 1879-1973); acquired from them in 1938 by William F. Stiles (1912-1980, MAI curator); purchased by MAI from William F. Stiles in 1967.
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place: label: Place
content: Arizona; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Western Apache
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: 24/1539
label: Barcode
content: 241539.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bags/Pouches (and parts)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Belt bag
label: Media/Materials
content: Buffalo hide/skin, metal cones, glass bead/beads
label: Techniques
content: Edge beaded, sewn, lazy/lane stitch beadwork