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Scalloped edged pincushion with red velvet and beaded star shaped flowers; pink silk back.
pincushions
straight pins
velvet (fabric weave)
silk (textile)
Pincushion
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.
Unknown
7 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Charles E. Deane, Ruthven Deane, and Miss Mary Deane Dexter
1932.743
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