Dark brown silk velvet with cotton muslin over paper lining, black silk gro-grain ribbon at upper edge, red cotton cloth (worn and torn) around sides and lower edge, lower edge scalloped, 2 flaps, on one side flap conceals small opening, all-over floral design using multicolored glass beads, outlined in blue and white. Handsewn, lazy stitch, raised.
Donor:
Mrs. Stanley Zuckerman and Stanley Zuckerman
Collection place:
Northeastern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northeast
Culture or time period:
Iroquois
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1848
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bags (generic containers)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
January 4, 1988
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 16.5 centimeters and length 17 centimeters
Comment:
cf. 2-62033 a-b, Accession 3450; moccasins have similar floral design using same color glass beads as bag. References: Orchards, William C. "Beads and Beadwork of the American Indians", Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, New York, 1975, pp. 154-157. Whiteford, Andrew Hunter "North American Indian Arts", Golden Press, New York, p. 94.