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Handkerchief holder | McCord Museum
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Handkerchief holder

Date 1920-1929
Medium / Technique Birch bark, sweetgrass, porcupine quill, dye and thread
Cut, assembled and embroidered
Dimensions2,5 × 18,8 × 19 cm
ClassificationPersonal Objects - Personal Gear - Personal Carrying & Storage Gear
CultureIndigenous: Haudenosaunee, Kanien'kehaka
Origin Quebec, Canada
Geocultural Area Eastern Woodlands
Object NumberM2014.32.1
DivisionIndigenous Cultures - Historical Objects
CollectionMcCord
CreditGift in memory of Eva Gammer and Sarah Valerie Gersovitz

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