Purse

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Purse

Entry/Object ID

CW 5728

Description

Beaded purse. Hexagonal pattern beaded on black fabric with red silk edging. Blue, white, gray, green, and pink beads arranged in geometric pattern. Native American.

Made/Created

Time Period

Late 19th Century

Provenance

Notes

Card attached to catalog worksheet: "This purse was beaded by an American Indian of the Eastern Woodland, probably for sale to the 'tourist trade.' Donor unknown." Attributed Iroquois, by P. Hearns, University Museum.