Handbag/Purse
date: label: Date created
content: 1820-1850
name: label: Culture/People
content: Niantic
label: Previous owner
content: Charles Henry Mathews (Charlie Matthews), Mohegan/Niantic, 1851-1922
label: Collector
content: Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected from Charles Henry Mathews (Charlie Matthews, Mohegan/Niantic, 1851-1922) in 1908 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
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: Niantic
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: 1/8703
label: Barcode
content: 018703.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bags/Pouches (and parts)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Handbag/Purse
label: Media/Materials
content: Wool cloth, cotton cloth, silk ribbon, glass bead/beads
label: Techniques
content: Sewn, overlay beadwork