Handbag/Purse
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Southern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne) (attributed)
label: Possible owner
content: Reverend Walter Clark Roe, Non-Indian, 1859-1913
label: Possible owner
content: Mary Wickham Roe (Mrs. Walter Clark Roe), Non-Indian, 1863-1941
label: Previous owner
content: Elizabeth Merwin Roe Page (Mrs. Alfred R. Page), Non-Indian, 1861-1943
label: Previous owner
content: Marjorie Page Schauffler (Mrs. Bennet Fellows Schauffler), Non-Indian, 1897-1983
label: Previous owner
content: Elizabeth Schauffler Lyman (Jing Lyman/Mrs. Richard Wall Lyman), Non-Indian, 1925-2013
label: Donor
content: Elizabeth Schauffler Lyman (Jing Lyman/Mrs. Richard Wall Lyman), Non-Indian, 1925-2013
notes: label: Collection History
content: Formerly in the collection of the Page and Schauffler families and possibly collected by Reverend Walter Clark Roe (1859-1913 ) or his wife Mary Wickham Roe (1863-1941), who served as missionaries in Colony, Oklahoma, between 1897 and 1913, or by Mrs. Roe's sister, Elizabeth Merwin Roe Page (Mrs. Alfred R. Page, 1861-1943), during visits to Oklahoma to visit the Roes and perform duties associated with her position as Field Secretary for the Women's Board of Domestic Missions of the Reformed Church in America (1903 to 1913); inherited by Mrs. Page's daughter, Marjorie Page Schauffler (Mrs. Bennet Fellows Schauffler, 1897-1983) and subsequently by her daughter Elizabeth "Jing" Schauffler Lyman (Mrs. Richard Wall Lyman, 1925-2013); donated to MAI by Mrs. Lyman in 1981.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Plains; USA, Canada (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Southern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)
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: 25/1899
label: Barcode
content: 251899.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bags/Pouches (and parts)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Handbag/Purse
label: Media/Materials
content: Hide, glass bead/beads
label: Techniques
content: Edge beaded , sewn, lazy/lane stitch beadwork
label: Dimensions
content: 35 x 16 cm