Beaded Bag
Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)
Northeast Woodlands
Woodlands
1860s
Velvet, cotton, sequins, glass beads, and ribbon
Overall: 4 3/4 × 4 5/8 in. (12 × 11.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
157.29.14046
Geography
Place Made: Niagara Falls area, United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Personal Gear: Purse
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Woodlands
Not on view
Provenance
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts; given to present collection, 1957.
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