Bead-Work
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1875
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Franklin B. Hough
notes: label: Notes
content: This appears to be a Niagara Falls-style souvenir beadwork object. These types of objects are sometimes called "whimsies." It is boot-shaped, with raised beadwork; possibly a pin cushion. See pp. 14-15 in Elliott, Dolores N. 2002. Flights of fancy: an introduction to Iroquois beadwork. Johnson City, NY: Iroquois Studies Association.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Mar 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Franklin County / St. Regis (Akwesasne) Reservation, New York, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Iroquois (Haudenosaunee), Mohawk (Kanienʼkehá꞉ka)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 004245
label: USNM Number
content: E18851-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Beadwork