Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected between 1930 and 1960 by William F. Stiles (1912-1980, MAI curator); purchased by MAI from William F. Stiles in 1967.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Munsee Delaware
- Collector
- William F. Stiles (WFS), Non-Indian, 1912-1980
- Previous owner
- William F. Stiles (WFS), Non-Indian, 1912-1980
- Seller
- William F. Stiles (WFS), Non-Indian, 1912-1980
- Date created
- circa 1870
- Object Name
- Handbag/Purse
- Media/Materials
- Wool cloth, glass bead/beads
- Techniques
- Sewn, overlay beadwork, lazy/lane stitch beadwork
- Object Type
- Bags/Pouches (and parts)
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