Pincushion

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Object Details

Culture/People

Tuscarora

Previous owner

Charles W. Hutchinson (Charles Webster Hutchinson), Non-Indian, 1826-1896

Collection History

Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Charles W. Hutchinson (1826-1896, a Utica, New York, banker, railroad owner, and collector); purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1930.

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Catalog Number

17/6062

Barcode

176062.000

Object Type

Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs: Whimsies

Object Name

Pincushion

Media/Materials

Cotton cloth, silk ribbon, glass bead/beads, metal bead/beads, unknown stuffing, thread

Techniques

Sewn, raised beadwork, edge beaded, stuffed

Place

Ontario, New York; Canada, USA (inferred)

See related items

Tuscarora

Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs: Whimsies

Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws64a482a26-93e6-407a-99c3-d3b3a0516215

Record ID

NMAI_188533