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Beaded Tuscarora purse.
purses (ladies' accessories)
beads (pierced objects)
cloth
Bag, Carrying
Purse
Purse
Made by an unidentified Haudenosaunee artist, likely Tuscarora. Haudenosaunee (Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora peoples comprising the historic Six Nations Confederacy or Iroquois League) artists combined their skills in traditional beading with contemporary fashions to create souvenirs for sale at Niagara Falls and other tourist destinations.Haudenosaunee beading is still done today. Creating these souvenirs helped perpetuate vital Native cultural heritage.
"Belonged to Malcolm's great-grandmother, Lura Burgess Thomas when a child." (handwritten)
1299.163
Unknown
Gift of the Joan Pearson Watkins Trust
2015.62.163
United States
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