Object Details
Culture/People
Seneca
Artist/Maker
Edna Parker (Mrs. Everett Parker), Seneca, 1904-1990
Previous owner
Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB agent
Nancy Engle, Non-Indian
IACB source
Edna Parker (Mrs. Everett Parker), Seneca, 1904-1990
Collection History
Purchased by Nancy Engle (Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo, New York) from the artist on behalf of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board in 1969; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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Date created
1969
Catalog Number
25/7028
Barcode
257028.000
Object Type
Adornment/Jewelry
Object Name
Turtle brooch/pin
Media/Materials
Glass bead/beads, wool felt, metal jewelry findings
Techniques
Sewn, overlay beadwork
Dimensions
4.8 x 3.2 x 1.1 cm
Place
Basom, Tonawanda Reservation; Genesee County; New York; USA
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Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Link to Original Record
Record ID
NMAI_272913