DepartmentUnited States & Canada

Raised beadwork purse

NamePurse

Artist Artist Not Recorded

CultureHaudenosaunee (Iroquois), Mohawk

Date1924

Place madeKahnawake Reserve, QUEBEC, Canada, North America

MediumVelveteen, glass beads, cotton, thread

Dimensions4 1/2 × 5 1/8 × 2 9/16 in. (11.5 × 13 × 6.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Ronald and Vicki Sullivan, A.2016.10.9

Object numberA.2016.10.9

Collections

United States and Canada

DescriptionSmall beaded purse ornamented with glass beads with a bird and squirrel, a floral motif and date 1924 on the sides . Glass beads with kaleidoscope design. Beads vary in color: white, green, yellow, blue, pink.

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