Beaded frame purse

Titles: Beaded frame purse (Supplied title)

Description: A beaded leather purse with metal frame, possibly Dakota, circa the mid- to late 19th century. The bag's exterior surfaces are spot-stitch decorated with multicolored glass seed beads. The obverse and reverse feature bird motif with exaggerated red heart above a symmetrical floral spray motif. The interior is lined with brown cotton fabric.

Dates

• Approximately 1860 - Approximately 1901 (Date range based on time Bishop Whipple spent in Minnesota working for various government commissions for Indian Affairs) (Creation)

Creation

• collected by: Whipple, Henry Benjamin

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 1834

Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Collections, Gift of the Sibley House Association of the Minnesota Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 6 1/2 inches height
• 3 3/4 inches height (handle)
• 8 3/4 inches width
• 6 3/4 inches length (opening)

Subjects

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