Basket handbag/purse
date: label: Date created
content: 1963
name: label: Culture/People
content: Tsimshian (Ts’msyen) [Metlakatla]
label: Previous owner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
label: IACB source
content: Alaska Crafts and Culture Cooperative (Alaska Crafts and Culture Co-op), 1964-
notes: label: Collection History
content: Purchased during the 1964 New York World's Fair by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Alaska Crafts and Culture Cooperative (an organization created to sell Alaskan crafts during the Fair); part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Metlakatla; Sealaska Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
label: Archipelago
content: Alexander Archipelago
label: Island Name
content: Annette Island
setName: label: See related items
content: Tsimshian (Ts’msyen) [Metlakatla]
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: 25/8658
label: Barcode
content: 258658.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Basket handbag/purse
label: Media/Materials
content: Cedar bark, dye/dyes
label: Techniques
content: Dyed, plaited, twill-plaited, wrapped
label: Dimensions
content: 26.8 x 9.3 x 19.9 cm