Object Details
- Collection History
- Formerly in the collection of anthropologist Frank G. Speck (1881-1950); purchased by MAI from Frank Speck in 1940.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Tuscarora (attributed); possibly collected among the Mohegan
- Previous owner
- Dr. Frank G. Speck (Frank Gouldsmith Speck/F.G. Speck/FGS), Non-Indian, 1881-1950
- Seller
- Dr. Frank G. Speck (Frank Gouldsmith Speck/F.G. Speck/FGS), Non-Indian, 1881-1950
- Date created
- 1870-1890
- Object Name
- Needle case
- Media/Materials
- Velvet, silk cloth, silk ribbon, cardboard, glass bead/beads, silk embroidery floss, thread
- Techniques
- Sewn, raised beadwork , overlay beadwork, strung
- Dimensions
- 7 x 4 1/2 x 2 cm
- Object Type
- Sewing Tools and Equipment
