C. 1850s Native American Finely Beaded Wool Pouch, Seneca or Wabanaki victorian clay edging super sturdy and soundly made

super sturdy and soundly made

These three hand-carved wooden swallows

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and great aging to the paint

C. 1850s Native American Finely Beaded Wool Pouch, Seneca or Wabanaki victorian clay edging super sturdy and soundly madeThis is an early one, mid 19th century I believe, glass beads on red wool ground, with green silk border and light blue interior, polished cotton I believe. There was a great deal of similarity between Wabanaki (especially Mi'kmaq) and Iroquois (specifically Seneca) beadwork during this period; I am not expert enough to attribute definitively. (There is an excellent blog devoted to just this: https: iroquoisbeadwork. blogspot. com ) I am forever