Basket handbag/purse

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Date created: 1950-1970

Culture/People: probably Eastern Band of Cherokee (attributed)
Previous owner: Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies (Historical Society of Pennsylvania), 1976-2004; Estella Scott Johnson, Non-Indian, 1910-2001
Donor: Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Collection History: Formerly in the collection of Estella Scott Johnson (1910-2001, director of the World Cultures Center at Cheyney State College, Cheyney, Pennsylvania); donated to the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies (part of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia) by Estella Scott Johnson in 1977; donated to NMAI by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in 2005.
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Place: North Carolina; USA (inferred)

See related items: Eastern Band of Cherokee; Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 26/5544
Barcode: 265544.000

Object Type: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs

Object Name: Basket handbag/purse
Media/Materials: Cane (Swamp cane/River cane), wood
Techniques: Twill-plaited, carved
Dimensions: 33 x 20 x 36 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6c3fc4e30-81d2-4cd1-b76e-37948e0b1fb7

Record ID: NMAI_281771