Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Colonel Charles Austin Booth (1850-1928, US Army Infantry); inherited by his son, Henry Howard "Harry" Booth (1874-1931) and subsequently by Harry Booth's daughter Jane Booth Miller (Mrs. Lee S. Miller, 1905-1958); lent to MAI by Mrs. Miller in 1931 and never reclaimed.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Munsee Delaware (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Colonel Charles Austin Booth, Non-Indian, 1850-1928
- Henry Howard Booth (Harry Booth), Non-Indian, 1874-1931
- Jane B. Miller (Jane Elizabeth Booth/Mrs. Lee S. Miller), Non-Indian, 1905-1958
- Lender
- Jane B. Miller (Jane Elizabeth Booth/Mrs. Lee S. Miller), Non-Indian, 1905-1958
- Object Name
- Handbag/Purse
- Media/Materials
- Hide, glass bead/beads
- Techniques
- Overlay beadwork
- Object Type
- Bags/Pouches (and parts)
