Charming Miniature 19th Century Native American Beaded Pouch, Presumed Seneca decorative container The wedding certificate sold as

The wedding certificate sold as found in an antique wooden frame that shows surface cracking

and aside from a small loss to the front quite a sound and solid thing

With a yellow underside

but very good overall condition with a warm great patina

Charming Miniature 19th Century Native American Beaded Pouch, Presumed Seneca decorative container The wedding certificate sold asA wonderful, very small, antique Native American beaded pouch, the right size for a few stones, or herbs, or baby teeth and perhaps indeed made for a child. I am pretty certain this is Seneca, of Western New York two (larger in scale) examples included in photos, the first c. 1830, the second c. 1860. I would guess around 1860s 70s on this one based on comparison, but am not an expert; 19th c. I do believe. It appears to me sewn of a sort of plum