Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected from Mrs. Simeon Obomsawin (St. Francis Abenaki) in 1922 by anthropologist A. Irving Hallowell (1892-1974) during fieldwork sponsored by MAI.
- Contact Us
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Abenaki [Odanak/St Francis]
- Previous owner
- Simeon Obomsawin, Abenaki [Odanak/St Francis]
- Collector
- A. Irving Hallowell (Alfred Irving ["Pete"] Hallowell/A.I. Hallowell), Non-Indian, 1892-1974
- Object Name
- Handbag/Purse
- Media/Materials
- Silk cloth, birchbark, moosehair
- Techniques
- Sewn, embroidered
- Object Type
- Bags/Pouches (and parts)
