Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; part of the collections of the Mattatuck Museum (Waterbury, Connecticut) until 1967 when it was donated to MAI by the Mattatuck Museum.
- Contact Us
- Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Seneca
- Previous owner
- Mattatuck Museum (Mattatuck Historical Society)
- Donor
- Mattatuck Museum (Mattatuck Historical Society)
- Object Name
- Handbag/purse
- Media/Materials
- Wool cloth, silk ribbon, glass bead/beads, thread
- Techniques
- Sewn, overlay beadwork, lazy/lane stitch beadwork, edge beaded
- Object Type
- Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
