Beaded Bag
Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)
Northeast Woodlands
Woodlands
1840s-1850s
Velvet, cotton, glass beads, and sequins
Overall: 6 1/2 × 6 7/16 in. (16.5 × 16.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Emily W. and George H. Browne
42.12.8521
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Personal Gear: Purse
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Woodlands
Not on view
Exhibition History
Native American Designs of the Northern Woodlands, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 20, 1995-February 9, 1997.
Provenance
Collected by George H. Browne (1857-1931) and Emily Robbins Webster Browne (1861-1942), Cambridge, Massachusetts in Halifax, Nova Scotia; given (by Miss Ellen A. Webster, Mrs. Browne's sister) to present collection, 1942.
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