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Object Number
972-6-10/51595
Display Title
Small beaded leather purse with trade beads, metal tassels, and brass beads.
Descriptions
Object Description
Small beaded leather purse with green, blue, red and white trade beads. Metal tassels attached at base and flap. Two brass beads and two larger red beads on handle.
Inventory Description
Bag, beaded front and flap, blue/green on white beads, tinkler, fringe extensio
Classification
- Bag
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1900
Culture
- Plains
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Additional Geographic Terms
Plains
Materials
Leather, Glass, Metal tinkler
Dimensions
Overall: 20 x 9 x 0.5 cm (7 7/8 x 3 9/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
972-6-10/51595, 51595
Provenance
Collector
Grandfather of Dan Coolidge
(?)
Donor
Dan Coolidge
(January 22, 1972)
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