Beadwork

Beadwork

Beadwork

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Introduction

Buckskin bag with strap, front beaded with Haudenosaunee motifs (domes, botanical symbols) in red and black glass beads. Created by Rose Spring (Seneca), of Tonawanda reservation, NY. Collected by William A. Ritchie, Curator of Anthropology, Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences, for the Indian Arts Project, and received by Peabody in an exchange in 1949.

Name of Maker(s): Rose Spring
Nation of Maker: Seneca
Nation of Origin

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Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)

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Place of Origin: Tonawanda Seneca Nation
Date Made or Date Range: before 1949
Materials

Leather, beads

Techniques or Format

Bag appears to be made from two pieces, a front and a back. Back is longer on top than the front to create the fold-over flap. The front is longer than the back at the bottom and then cut into strips to create a hide thong fringe. Edges of bag and strap are beaded. Front of bag and fold-over flap is beaded

Motifs and Patterns

Beadwork in dome design with stars sun and moon motifs, and possibly tipis, flower or leaves.

Dimensions: 85 × 12.3 × 0.5 cm
Condition: very good
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

obtained by museum in 1949 (catalog data)

Current Location: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 49-10-10/29429
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1949
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Exchange with the Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences in 1949
Collection Narratives and Histories

Intermediary William A. Ritchie, curator of Anthropology at Rochester. THe exchange was done through W.A. Ritchie, Curator of Anthropology. "We are sending you today by express prepared a collection of Seneca Indian articles made on New York Reservations during W.P.A. times under the Indian Arts Project." Correspondence from W.A. Ritchie to J.O. Brew 6/29/1949

GKS Reference Number: 45105
Record Creation Context

Visit to Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA) of Wahsontiio Cross and Alexandra Nahwegahbow, assisted by Meredith Vasta on 11-12 August 2015.

Approximate Place of Origin

43.0612, -78.4489

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