Purse and shells
date: label: Date created
content: 1880-1900
name: label: Culture/People
content: Hupa
label: Previous owner
content: William M. Fitzhugh (William MacPherson Fitzhugh), Non-Indian, 1853-1929
label: Seller
content: Estate of William M. Fitzhugh
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of William M. Fitzhugh (1853-1929, a San Francisco collector); purchased by MAI from the estate of William M. Fitzhugh in 1936.
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place: label: Place
content: Northern California; California; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Hupa
label: See related items
content: Containers and Vessels
label: On View
content: NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, California & Great Basin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 19/3172
label: Barcode
content: 193172.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Containers and Vessels
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Purse and shells
label: Media/Materials
content: Elk antler, dentalium shell/shells, hide, pigment/pigments
label: Techniques
content: Cut, carved, incised, colored, wrapped
label: Dimensions
content: 12 x 5 x 3.5 cm