Purse
CultureWestern Great Lakes or Eastern Plains, Nebraska, Kansas or Oklahoma
Dateca. 1900
MediumCotton cloth, glass mirror, and glass beads
DimensionsOverall (without handle): 5 1/4 × 9 1/4 × 1 1/4 inches (13.34 × 23.5 × 3.18 cm)
Credit LineGift of Paul Pletka and Nancy Benkof
Object number2016.80
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DescriptionA commercial woman's purse. Rectangular shaped and flat with a single handle completely covered with beadwork designs of horses, birds, a soldier, and American flags.ProvenanceMr. Paul Pletka and Ms. Nancy Benkof, Santa Fe, NM;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Torrence, Gaylord, ed. Continuum: North American Native Art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Kansas City: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
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