Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown, but possibly made at a mission school in northern Cree territory as a gift for a local priest or teacher; formerly in the collection of the Bead Museum (Washington, DC); donated to NMAI in 2009 following the closure of the Bead Museum.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Great Lakes (attributed)
- Donor
- Bead Museum
- Previous owner
- Bead Museum
- Date created
- 1928
- Object Name
- Bookmark
- Media/Materials
- Glass bead/beads, thread
- Techniques
- Sewn, loom beadwork
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 5.1 x 0.4 cm
- Object Type
- Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
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