C. 1850s Native American Finely Beaded Wool Pouch, Seneca or Wabanaki quiche dish which cites it as 18th

which cites it as 18th century American

A bit mysterious feeling

because of the huge number of firkins and buckets that were made there

determined looking gaze of this figure

C. 1850s Native American Finely Beaded Wool Pouch, Seneca or Wabanaki quiche dish which cites it as 18thThis is an early one, mid 19th century I believe, glass beads on red wool ground, with green silk border and light blue interior, polished cotton I believe. There was a great deal of similarity between Wabanaki (especially Mi'kmaq) and Iroquois (specifically Seneca) beadwork during this period; I am not expert enough to attribute definitively. (There is an excellent blog devoted to just this: https: iroquoisbeadwork. blogspot. com ) I am forever