Iroquois, Mohawk, and others
Purse
Mohawk or Tuscarora Iroquois, 1900-1932
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Beads, velvet, cardboard(?), cotton, cotton thread, 6 × 4 3/4 × 4 1/4 in. (15.2 × 12 × 10.8 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift from the Collection of Frank E. Klapthor, Washington, D.C.
Object Number
1996.128
Six sided purse with brown velvet ground front and back, red thread ground on sides. Interior lined with yellow, green, red cloth. Large beaded rosettes on front and back, small beaded rosettes on sides. Corners and edges all beaded. Beaded fringe.
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.
