Beaded Bag

Description:

Beaded Bag, Iroquois, Seneca, c. 1825-50, red wool broadcloth, glass beads, silk edge binding, with false flap beaded onto one side and large four-directional motif on back, 8 x 7 1/4 in.

Literature: A Cherished Curiosity: The Souvenir Beaded Bag in Haudenosaunee Art, 2012, pp. 59, 61.

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 $800-1,200


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