Native American, Northeastern United States / Canada, Iroquois peoples, ca. late 1800s to 1900s CE. An antique pouch made from cotton and brown velvet decorated with opaque and semi-translucent glass seed beads sewn in leaf motifs - characteristic of Iroquois style. The pouch has signs of use and age, but the majority of the beadwork is intact. Purses and other textile goods such as this, were made as sale items by Native women as a source of income. Size of textile pouch: 7.5" L x 6.5" W (19 cm x 16.5 cm); case: 12.25" L x 8.25" W (31.1 cm x 21 cm)

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Provenance: private Thornton, Colorado, USA collection

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Fraying and losses to red cotton textile hem and around opening rim. Fraying and losses to threads with beading. Displayed in Riker case.