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Beaded bag

Maker Unknown, Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), Mohawk

Date1914

MediumGlass beads, cloth, sequins, cardboard, brown paper pattern

Dimensions3 5/8” H (without drops) x 4 1/4” W

Credit LineMuseum Purchase; Funded by Carol Ann Lorenz & Christopher T. Vecsey in memory of John M. Longyear

Object numberNA2011.12.LOR

DescriptionSmall pentagonal shaped red flat bag with scalloped bottom edge. Vegetal designs on front and “1914” on the front flap. Bird on branch on reverse, with additional branch above its body. Bird has white body, yellow beak and feet, light blue eye, and two-tone blue wing with three sprengperlen beads at the center. Clear bead strap and edging, blue and teal sprengperlen drops in three groups of three loops. Purse interior stiffened with cardboard.

ClassificationsPersonal Accessories

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