Purse
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 May 1991
label: Collection Date
content: 1927 to 1928
name: label: Collector
content: Paul Oscanyan
label: Collector
content: Mrs. Astrid F. Oscanyan
label: Donor Name
content: Paul Oscanyan
notes: label: Notes
content: SEMICIRCULAR SEALSKIN PURSE OF DEPILATED SEALSKIN, DYED BROWN, WITH AVIGTAT EMBROIDERY - TINY SKIN SQUARES PAINSTAKINGLY COMPOSED INTO A PATTERN AND SEWN IN PLACE AS INVISIBLY AS POSSIBLE. SEMICIRCULAR TOP FLAP IS FASTENED ON UNDERSIDE WITH A SNAP. INSIDE IS LINED WITH WHITE CLOTH. 3 GREENLAND COINS AND 2 BILLS (PAPER MONEY) THAT ORIGINALLY ACCOMPANIED THIS PURSE, AND AN ADDITIONAL 2 BILLS THAT ALSO WERE PART OF THE COLLECTION, HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED TO THE NATIONAL NUMISMATICS COLLECTIONS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY IN 1988.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 27 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: West Coast Of Greenland, West Greenland, Greenland
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inuit, West Greenland Inuit / Kalaallit
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 356736
label: USNM Number
content: E424722-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Purse
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 8.1 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 10.8 cm