Beaded Bag
Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)
First Nation
Northeast Woodlands
Woodlands
1860s
Velvet, cloth, and glass beads
Overall: 5 1/16 × 5 3/16 in. (12.8 × 13.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill
46.17.10194
Geography
Place Made: Lake Ontario, Canada, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Personal Gear: Purse
Research Area
Textiles and Costumes
Native American: Woodlands
Not on view
Exhibition History
Native American Designs of the Northern Woodlands, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 20, 1995-February 9, 1997.
Provenance
Unknown maker, Montreal Canada; collected by Clara G. Corser Turner Churchill (1851-1945) and Frank Carroll Churchill (1850-1912), Montreal, Canada; bequeathed to present collection, 1946.
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