- Artist Unknown
- Untitled (Iroquois Velvet Beaded Bag), 1810
- Mixed Media (Red Velvet, Beading, Glazed Cotton Lining and a Pale Green Silk Ribbon Binding)
- 5 x 6 in (12.7 x 15.24 cm)
The Iroquois were a group of five Northeast Woodlands tribes that formed a democratic confederacy over 500 years ago in what is now America and Canada. This red velvet beaded bag in a floral design with a glazed cotton lining and a pale green silk ribbon binding appears to have been made from a British Revolutionary War uniform (circa 1810). This work has been mentioned in the following literature: Cherished Curiosity: the Beaded Bag in Haudenoosaunee Art (2012); Made of Thunder, Made of Glass; American Indian Beadwork of the Northeast catalogue (2006). Thank you to Dr. Jonathan Klarsfeld for the generous donation of this work.
- Current Location: Gabert Library, 71 Sip Avenue - 6th Floor Outside 606 Cabinet
- Collections: Mixed Media, Native American Artists, Artisans, & the Native American Experience, Nineteenth Century and Before
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