Description:
Beaded Bag, Iroquois, Tonawanda Seneca, c. 1840s-60s, black velvet, glass beads, pale lime green silk ribbon edge binding and strap, and cotton lining, 5 3/4 x 6 1/4 in. Literature: A Cherished Curiosity: The Souvenir Beaded Bag in Haudenosaunee Art, 2012, p. 95; Made of Thunder, Made of Glass, American Indian Beadwork of the Northeast catalog, 2006, p. 25.
Exhibitions: Made of Thunder, Made of Glass, American Indian Beadwork of the Northeast, traveling exhibit, Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Connecticut, 2006-2009; Made of Thunder, Made of Glass II, Continuing Traditions of Northeastern Indian Beadwork, Massachusetts and New York, 2015-16.
Estimate $400-600
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American Indian & Tribal Art
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