Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951, a newspaper magnate and collector); purchased by MAI at a sale of Hearst’s collection held by the Parke-Bernet Galleries (New York City) in 1963.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)
- Previous owner
- William Randolph Hearst, Non-Indian, 1863-1951
- Auction venue
- Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. (Sotheby Parke Bernet/Parke-Bernet Auction House)
- Object Name
- Awl case
- Media/Materials
- Deerhide/deerskin, glass bead/beads
- Techniques
- Bead-wrapped , lazy/lane stitch beadwork
- Object Type
- Sewing Tools and Equipment
