Handbag/Purse

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Culture/People: Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)
Presenter/funding source: Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935

Collection History: Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI in 1929 from an unknown source using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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Place: Pine Ridge Reservation; Jackson County, Oglala Lakota County; South Dakota; USA

See related items: Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux); Bags/Pouches (and parts)

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 16/8493
Barcode: 168493.000

Object Type: Bags/Pouches (and parts)

Object Name: Handbag/Purse
Media/Materials: Hide, glass bead/beads, hide thong/babiche
Techniques: Overlay beadwork

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws69e64a1da-962b-4167-a660-ee69f38bd6aa

Record ID: NMAI_180638