case, scissor

case, scissor

case, scissor

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Introduction

A Hodenosaunee beaded scissor case. Made in the mid to late nineteenth-century. Given by Marshall Joseph Becker to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1992.

Nation of Maker: Hodenosaunee/Haudenosaunee
Nation of Origin

Style and museum documentation.

Date Made or Date Range: 1837-1901
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Museum documentation.

Materials

velvet, burgundy; tiny (size 14 or 16) clear glass seed beads; clear bugle beads; white cloth ribbon; beige-pink cotton; beige thread.

Techniques or Format

The velvet front is decorated with beadwork, and backed with beige-pink cotton. The case is edged with white cloth ribbon and a spiral fringe of clear beads.

Motifs and Patterns

Floral: rosettes, leaves.

Dimensions: 10 × 5.5 × 0 cm
Condition: Some bead loss on the fringe.
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

The museum documentation states this item was made during the Victorian Era.

Current Location: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 91-22-24
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1992
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Gift of Marshall Becker
Collection Narratives and Histories

Given by Marshall Joseph Becker to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1992.

GKS Reference Number: 25559
Record Creation Notes/Observations

GRASAC study visit, participants: David Penney, Ruth Phillips, Stacey Loyer, William Wierzbowski, December 3, 2009

Approximate Place of Origin

44.736, -88.788

Source of Information about Places

Style and museum documentation.

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