Purse for dentalium-shell "money"
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1850
name: label: Culture/People
content: Tututni [Confederated Tribes of Siletz]
label: Artist/Maker
content: Chief Oneatta (Eneati/Shell-Head/Old Shellhead), Tututni [Confederated Tribes of Siletz], ca. 1815-ca. 1886
label: Previous owner
content: Lucy Shellhead Metcalf (Lucy Metcalf), Tututni [Confederated Tribes of Siletz], ca. 1845-1936
label: Collector
content: Dr. Thomas Talbot Waterman (T. T. Waterman), Non-Indian, 1885-1936
notes: label: Collection History
content: Formerly owned by the artist's daughter, Lucy Shellhead Metcalf (Tututni, ca. 1845-1936); collected from Lucy Metcalf by Thomas Talbot Waterman (1885-1936, MAI staff member) in 1921 during fieldwork sponsored by MAI.
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place: label: Place
content: Oregon; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Tututni [Confederated Tribes of Siletz]
label: See related items
content: Containers and Vessels
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 10/7378
label: Barcode
content: 107378.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Containers and Vessels
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Purse for dentalium-shell "money"
label: Media/Materials
content: Elk antler, hide thong/babiche
label: Techniques
content: Cut, cutout, wrapped