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Wanna R. Perley (Wanna Eagle), possibly Anishinaabe / American, 1897 - 1967

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about 1910-1950

Leather, blue, green, and pink glass beads, metal beads, and thread

Overall: 9 13/16 × 4 5/16 in. (25 × 11 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Mary Perley in honor of the Class of 1943 and her husband Henry G. Perley, Jr., Class of 1943

172.25.25462

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Clothing: Footwear

Research Area

Native American

Not on view

Exhibition History

Survival/Art/History: American Indian Collections from the Hood Museum of Art, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 18, 2000-April 7, 2002.

Wabanaki Guides, Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor, Maine, February 1-December 31, 2013.

Provenance

Chief Henry Red Eagle, Henry Gabriel Perley (1885-1972), Greenville, Maine; to his daughter-in-law, Mary Perley [widow of Henry Gabriel Perley, Jr., 1921-1972, Class of 1943], Rockville, Connecticut; given to present collection, 1972.

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