Object Details
- Collection History
- Formerly in the collection of Estella Scott Johnson (1910-2001, director of the World Cultures Center at Cheyney State College, Cheyney, Pennsylvania); donated to the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies (part of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia) by Estella Scott Johnson in 1977; donated to NMAI by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in 2005.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Eastern Band of Cherokee (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies (Historical Society of Pennsylvania), 1976-2004
- Estella Scott Johnson, Non-Indian, 1910-2001
- Donor
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania
- Date created
- 1950-1970
- Object Name
- Basket handbag/purse
- Media/Materials
- Cane (Swamp cane/River cane), wood
- Techniques
- Twill-plaited, carved
- Dimensions
- 33 x 20 x 36 cm
- Object Type
- Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
