Culture/People:

Seneca  Search this

Artist/Maker:

Edna Parker (Mrs. Everett Parker), Seneca, 1904-1990  Search this

Previous owner:

Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-  Search this

IACB agent:

Nancy Engle, Non-Indian  Search this

IACB source:

Edna Parker (Mrs. Everett Parker), Seneca, 1904-1990  Search this

Object Name:

Headband

Media/Materials:

Glass bead/beads, commercially tanned leather, thread

Techniques:

Loom beadwork, wrapped

Dimensions:

101.5 x 1.7 x 0.5 cm

Object Type:

Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses

Place:

Basom, Tonawanda Reservation; Genesee County; New York; USA

Date created:

1969

Collection History:

Purchased by Nancy Engle (Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo, New York) from the artist on behalf of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board in 1969; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.

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Catalog Number:

25/7039

Barcode:

257039.000

See related items:

Seneca

Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws693b7d47c-3422-4e45-a498-36c7a65f45b2

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_272924