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Bracelet

Object Details

Collection History
Purchased by Nancy Engle (Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo, New York) from the artist on behalf of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board in 1969; 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
Tuscarora
Artist/Maker
Mina Brayley, Tuscarora, 1900-1979
Previous owner
Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB agent
Nancy Engle, Non-Indian
IACB source
Mina Brayley, Tuscarora, 1900-1979
Date created
1969
Object Name
Bracelet
Media/Materials
Glass bead/beads, metal wire
Techniques
Strung, gourd stitch/brick stitch/netted beadwork
Dimensions
20.2 x 2 cm
Object Type
Adornment/Jewelry
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