Beaded Belt And Pouch, Shoulder Bag
date: label: Accession Date
content: 6 May 1940
label: Collection Date
content: October 1849
name: label: Collector
content: Commander Anthony Breath
label: Donor Name
content: John W. Wood
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Beaded belt of red strouding attached to pouch of similar material, both decorated with overlay beadwork in the form of a repeated conventionalized life form pattern having volutes at either end. Belt fringed at both ends. Fringes and edges of belt margined with double rows of white glass beads. Pouch is rectangular and has triangular flap. Inside the pouch was a letter dated Apalachicola, Florida, October 29, 1849, referring to the gift of the pouch and belt by Billy Bowlegs to the writer of the letter. This original is now in an envelope in the pamphlet file under Seminole." Letter indicates that the bag was made by one of Billy Bowlegs' wives.
label: Notes
content: The Anthony Breath letter of documentation referred to on the catalog card is a part of the Manuscript and Pamphlet Files, which were transferred to the National Anthropological Archives.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Sep 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Florida, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Seminole
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 156309
label: USNM Number
content: E380668-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag