Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Purse
Artistunknown Iroquois
Person or group, or general cultural designation referring to the Iroquois Eastern Woodland and Great Lake Native North American culture. [Getty ULAN]
Dateca. 1850
MediumFabric and glass beads
Dimensions3 3/4 x 5 3/4 x 5/8 in. (9.5 x 14.6 x 1.6 cm)
Mark(s)auction sticker, separated from purse: 784 / 287
auction sticker, separated from purse: San Rafael Auction / 38
sticker, separated from purse: [orange circular sticker]
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Gift of Bruce Hartman, Prairie Village, KS, in honor of Linda, Marlan, Dean, Jeffrey, and Mariah Burkhart, Nixa, MO, 2020.116
ClassificationTribal Art
Provenance(San Rafael Auction Gallery, San Rafael, CA), June 6, 2020 , lot 38 ; purchased by Bruce Hartman, Prairie Village, KS; given to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2020
On ViewNo
This artwork's face covers about 3.0× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.