Beadwork

Beadwork

Beadwork

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Introduction

Velveteen "Chatelaine" style beaded purse with floral design. Made in early 1900s (according to catalog record). Bequest of William R. Wright, 1995.

Nation of Maker: Hodenosaunee/Haudenosaunee
Nation of Origin

catalog data

Date Made or Date Range: early 20th century
Materials

Velvet, cotton tape in red and brown, brown polished cotton

Techniques or Format

Bag and flaps made of velvet panels ornamented with beadwork, lined with brown polished cotton and bound with red cotton tape. Flaps are found on both sides and are decorative. Bag opens in the centre. Looped strings of beadwork for fringe. Beads on fringe are smaller. Handle made of brown cotton tape and sewn on sides of the bag opening. Beadwork same on both sides

Motifs and Patterns

Floral

Dimensions: 20 × 20 × 0.9 cm
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

catalog data

Current Location: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 995-29-10/73432
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1995
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Bequest of Dr. William R.Wright (d. 1993)
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: before 1993
Previous Collectors: William R. Wright
Collection Narratives and Histories

Bequest to the museum in 1995. William Wright left his estate to Harvard University, his Alma Mater, after his death in 1993. The Peabody Museum received the collection in 1995.

GKS Reference Number: 45112
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

43.0703, -80.1184

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