Object Details
- Collection History
- Probably marketed by the Winnebago Handcraft Co-op (Black River Falls, Wisconsin) and sold or consigned to the Tipi Shop at the Sioux Indian Museum and Crafts Center (Rapid City, South Dakota); purchased from the Tipi Shop by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives in 1964; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)
- Artist/Maker
- attributed to Sarah Snake White Eagle, Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)
- Previous Seller
- Winnebago Handcraft Co-op, 1935-
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- IACB source
- Tipi Shop, Sioux Indian Museum and Crafts Center (Tipi shop)
- Date created
- 1963-1964
- Object Name
- Basket handbag/purse
- Media/Materials
- Black ash/brown ash splints, dye/dyes
- Techniques
- Dyed, twill-plaited, wicker-plaited, wrapped
- Dimensions
- 35.5 x 18.5 x 32 cm
- Object Type
- Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
