Purse

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Purse

Entry/Object ID

CW 5551 (a-b)

Description

Beaded purse. Body made of multicolored glass beads done in floral motifs on a black background. Edged in red. Made by Pawnee Native Americans.

Made/Created

Date made

1846

Provenance

Notes

Note on John Wanamaker tag stapled to catalog worksheet: "Made by Pawnee Indians, ___ near St. Louis, MO. 1846." Additional note on catalog worksheet: "Iroquois - P. Hearn, University. Mus."