Description:
Northeast Beaded Cloth Bag, c. 1860, Wabanaki type, Maliseet, or Mi'kmaq type floral designs on red wool trade cloth, with black seam edge binding, satin lining and silk cord strap, 6 3/4 x 6 in.
Literature: Made of Thunder, Made of Glass, American Indian Beadwork of the Northeast, exhibition catalog, p. 28.
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 $400-600
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Keywords
Deerfield, WarnerAmerican Indian & Tribal Art
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