Bag
1800-1825
Medium/TechniqueWool plain weave, silk plain weave, cotton plain weave, glass beads
DimensionsHeight x width: 17.8 × 16.5 cm (7 × 6 1/2 in.)
Credit LineJohn H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund, Mary S. and Edward J. Holmes Fund, Frank B. Bemis Fund, Arthur Tracy Cabot Fund, Helen and Alice Colburn Fund, Edwin E. Jack Fund, Frederick Brown Fund, Elizabeth M. and John F. Paramino Fund in memory of John F. Paramino, Boston Sculptor, Harriet Otis Cruft Fund, Seth K. Sweetser Fund, Helen B. Sweeney Fund, Susan Cornelia Warren Fund, Samuel Putnam Avery Fund, Alice M. Bartlett Fund, Jane Marsland and Judith A. Marsland Fund, and Mary E. Moore Gift
Accession number2018.2971
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NOTE: Accompanied by a note reading: “This bag was given to me in August, 1919 by Miss Blake of Cape May – She is 88 years old and said the bag was brought from Niagara Falls 125 years ago by a relative – it was made by Indian women – Grace May Lissenden.”
