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Needle case

Collection Type

  • Tools and equipment

Date

1830-1860

GUSN

GUSN-34669

Description

Trifold needle case / huswife with red fulled wool ground edged with white silk twill ribbon. The ribbon is also sewn to the top of the exterior fold to form a small handle. The interior is lined with pink, white and purple plain silk. It closes with a metal hook and eye. The exterior is decorated with elaborate three-dimensional floral designs and swags formed from opaque white and clear glass beads.

Details

Descriptive Terms

pincushions
Container, Needlework
Holder, Needlework
Pincushion
Pincushion

Label

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.

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. Louis F. Snow

Accession Number

1932.195

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