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Object Number 987-16-10/71166
Display Title Leather Purse
Descriptions
Object Description Leather purse, oval in shape. Leather fringe all edges but mouth. One side has tripartite floral design in white & dark blue beads, with thin border of white and few light blue beads. Other side has pattern in white, light blue & dark blue beads of T over inverted U flanked by small white crosses.
Inventory Description Pouch, blue and white beaded floral and geometric designs, fringed
Classification
  • Pouch
Department Ethnographic
Date Late 19th century
Culture
  • Sioux?
  • Santee?
  • Metis?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
North America / Canada
Dimensions Overall: 22.5 x 16 x 0.3 cm (8 7/8 x 6 5/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 987-16-10/71166
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. James Hawks in memory of her husband, James Dudley Hawks II, Class of 1943
Provenance
Collector Edward Allerton Hawks (1910-1916)
Donor Mrs. James Dudley Hawks (9/23/1987)

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