Leather with loose flap lid; leather fringe on both sides; multicolored beadwork decoration including design on both faces. (b) container of debris from bag.
Donor:
Francis C. Hutchens and Mrs. Francis C. Hutchens
Collection place:
Nebraska
Verbatim coll. place:
Nebraska
Culture or time period:
Plains and Prairie tribes
Collector:
Frank B. Hutchens
Collection date:
ca. 1900
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bags (generic containers)
Accession date:
1967
Context of use:
Probably converted from a woman's saddle bag; collected in Nebraska from Indians who were being relocated by the government.