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Handbag/Purse  (Bags/Pouches (and parts))  "circa 1910"

Courtesy of National Museum of the American Indian



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Time Period:

1900-1920

Materials:

Hide, velvet, cotton cloth, glass bead/beads, hide thong/babiche, thread

Techniques:

Sewn, overlay beadwork

Dimensions:

21.00 x 18.20 x 1.00 cm

Cultures:

American Indians, Apatohsipipiikani (Northern Piegan) [Piikani Reserve, Brocket, Alberta], Native Americans, Niitsitapii (Blackfoot/Blackfeet), North America, Northern Plains, Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan), Plains, Plateau, Plateau (no sub-culture area), Yakama (Yakima)

City:

Piikani Reserve (Peigan Reserve)

State:

Alberta

Country:

Canada

Collection History:

Collected in 1926 by Donald A. Cadzow (1894-1960, MAI staff member) during MAI-sponsored fieldwork.

Source ID:

NMAI_160574

Catalog Number:

14/9415

Album Name:

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