Iroquois, Mohawk, and others
Pin cushion
Mohawk or Tuscarora Iroquois, 1900-1932
Scroll
Pin cushion
Mohawk or Tuscarora Iroquois, 1900-1932
Physical Qualities
Beads, velvet, cotton, cotton thread, 24.7 x 28.7 cm. [or 11 x 25.2 x 22.5 cm. - discrepancy between BMA and ACC - see 1996.130]
Credit Line
Gift from the Collection of Frank E. Klapthor, Washington, D.C.
Object Number
1996.127
Brown velvet ground with green and white, blue and white rosettes; red and white, yellow and white leaves; clear, yellow, blue, red, green 'leaves' form border.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1996; Frances Klapthor, Baltimore, MD.
Gordon, Beverly, 1986, 'The Whimsey and its Contexts: A Multicultural Model of Material Culture Study', in Journal of American Culture, 9(1):61-76.
