Description:
Seneca Beaded Cloth Bag, c. pre 1830, beaded on both sides with small multicolored glass beads, silk ribbon edge, cotton lining, 5 3/4 x 6 in.
Literature: A Cherished Curiosity; The Souvenir Beaded Bag in Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Art 2012, p. 48.
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.
Estimate $800-1,200
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Keywords
Deerfield, WarnerAmerican Indian & Tribal Art
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