Handbag

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Handbag

Entry/Object ID

CW 5720

Description

Handbag. Leather. Plaid cloth lining. Beaded Native American design of horse on front, horse and flag on back. Green background; design in white, red, black, and blue beads.

Provenance

Notes

Found in attic of Coyningham-Hacker House. Found with CW 5719 (a-b), may be associate. "Sioux Indians--Indians used White Medicine (flag) in their designs, according to Pam Hearn, keeper of Native American Objects at the University Museum."