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Shoulder bag

Delaware Artist Native American
ca. 1840
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 746

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Shoulder bag
  • Artist: Delaware Artist
  • Date: ca. 1840
  • Geography: United States, Kansas; United States
  • Culture: Delaware
  • Medium: Wool cloth, cotton cloth, wool yarn, glass beads, silk cloth, silk ribbon, and metal cones
  • Dimensions: H. 30 × W. 17 1/4 in. (76.2 × 43.8 cm)
  • Classification: Textiles-Beadwork
  • Credit Line: Gift of Charles and Valerie Diker, 1999
  • Object Number: 1999.484.12
  • Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing

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