Purse
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Jul 1999
name: label: Collector
content: Marie-Helene Sachet
label: Donor Name
content: Muriel W. Sterne
notes: label: Notes
content: RECTANGULAR SHAPED PURSE W/ OVERLAYING FLAP. MADE FROM SEVERAL PIECES OF BROWN BARKCLOTH STITCHED TOGETHER W/ YELLOW CELLULOSE FIBER. BLACK PATTERN PAINTED ON FRONT AND BACK OF PURSE. DECORATIONS SERIES OF TRIANGLES ALONG BORDERS AND HALF OVAL SHAPES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OBJECT. ADRIENNE KAEPPLER (CURATOR OF OCEANIC ETHNOLOGY) IDENTIFIED MATERIAL AS BARKCLOTH AND PROBABLY FROM THE MARQUESAS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Marquesas Islands, France, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Marquesan
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 420729
label: USNM Number
content: E428744-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Purse
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 32.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 33.3 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 2 cm