Beaded pincushion
Maker
Unknown, Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), Mohawk
Date1870-1900
MediumGlass beads, cloth, brown paper, sequins
Dimensions9 1/4” x 10 3/4”
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object numberNA2011.48.LMA
DescriptionBeaded pincushion with 8-lobed scalloped edge, dark pink velvet ground, and raised beadwork standing bear with staff and wolf (?) in mostly clear beads with two-tone yellow and pink/red centers respectively. Two leaves and four sequin circles between them. In the lobes, leaves in clear beads alternate with two variants each of yellow, blue, red, and green with chalk white beads at the centers. Clear beads in loops on corner lobes and edging on the alternating lobes.
ClassificationsPersonal Accessories
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Unknown, Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), Akwesasne Mohawk
c. 1900
