Purse

Mabel Boniface, Canadian (Sahtu), born 1961
Sahtu
Dene (Athabascan)
First Nation
Subarctic

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2012

Moosehide and beads

Overall: 31 1/8 × 2 9/16 × 1/2 in. (79 × 6.5 × 1.2 cm)

Overall: 4 13/16 × 2 9/16 × 1/2 in. (12.3 × 6.5 × 1.2 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Acquisition and Preservation of Native American Art Fund

2012.55

Geography

Place Made: Fort Good Hope Community, Sahtu, Canada, North America

Period

21st century

Object Name

Personal Gear: Purse

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Subarctic

Not on view

Provenance

The artist; Norman Wells Historical Society, Norman Wells, Northwest Territories, Canada; purchased by Kalina L. Newmark (Class of 2011), July 09, 2012 for the Hood Museum of Art, 2012.

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