Northeast Beaded Cloth Bag

Description:

Northeast Beaded Cloth Bag, c. 1870, Wabanaki type, possibly Mi'kmaa, beaded on both sides with floral motifs, silk ribbon edge binding and cotton lining, 6 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.

Exhibitions: Made of Thunder, Made of Glass: Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor, Maine, 2006, Memorial Hall Museum, Deerfield, Massachusetts, 2007, Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum, Warner, New Hampshire, 2008, The Institute of American Indian Studies, Washington, Connecticut, 2009, Made of Thunder, Made of Glass II, Continuing Traditions in Northeastern Indian Beadwork, Memorial Hall Museum, Deerfield, Massachusetts, 2015, Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University, 2016.
Estimate $400-600


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