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| Maker(s): | Unknown | | Culture: | Oceanic; Micronesian
| | Title: | Purse
| | Type: | Container
| | Materials: | Straw
| | Measurements: | overall: 3/4 x 5 x 7 in.; 1.905 x 12.7 x 17.78 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | On small rectangular label sewn on lower left of top with five stiches: "Micronesia 22"
| | Accession Number: | MH 2003.26.26
| | Credit Line: | Transfer from the Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Missionary Cabinet. Small rectangular clutch (no handle) with detachable top. Small thin diagonal weave, darker straw woven in at corners.
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indigenous people Subjects:
Indigenous peoples Link to share this object record:
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