Beaded Bag,

Description:

Beaded Bag, Iroquois, Seneca, c. 1830s, black wool broadcloth, glass beads, green silk ribbon edge binding and cotton lining, 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.

Literature: A Cherished Curiosity: The Souvenir Beaded Bag in Haudenosaunee Art, 2012, pp. 61-62.

Exhibitions: Made of Thunder, Made of Glass II, Continuing Traditions of American Indian Beadwork of the Northeast, traveling exhibit, Massachusetts and New York, 2015-16.
Estimate $600-800


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