Beaded watch pocket
Maker: Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)
Medium:Wool, silk, glass beads
Geography: Great Lakes, Canada or USA
Date: 1850-1900
Object number: 991.141.2
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Flavia Redelmeier
Gallery Location:Daphne Cockwell Gallery dedicated to First Peoples art & culture
Description
Haudenosaunee
bead workers created many kinds of beautiful items for sale to tourists. The
beaded items like this hat were designed to appeal to Victorian tastes,
but they had more than economic significance for the Haudenosaunee makers.