1880s NATIVE AMERICAN Iroquois INDIAN BEAD DECORATED Photo Picture Holder

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1880s NATIVE AMERICAN Iroquois INDIAN BEAD DECORATED Photo Picture Holder. Condition is "Used" You are buying it as is it is torn and tattered missing beads Looks like it had red felt at one time under the beads .Very ornate And well decorated. It is 13 x 13” Total.The beads are silver to clear in appearance.Adorned with a flower decoration really a lot of work went into this I was told it was from 1890s.Ship UPS ground tracking and signature confirmation. Shipping is the lower 48 only. See pictures for Visual description. The beadwork on much of the Iroquois beadwork is raised, a technique most likely invented by Haudenosaunee beadworkers in the early 1800s. The seed beads are placed over paper patterns that are attached on the front of a piece of fabric, often wool or velvet. More beads are threaded on the thread than are necessary to span the pattern so the beads are arched up over the pattern making the beads "raised". On stuffed pieces a back is attached to the front fabric and the pincushion is stuffed, often with pine sawdust or sweetgrass to make the pincushion smell good and more appealing to prospective customers. On pieces such as canoes, picture frames, match holders, whiskbroom holders, and the wings and tails of birds the beaded fabric is stretched over a cardboard base.
Victorian women loved Iroquois beadwork. Victorians and Indians shared a love and admiration of nature so much of the beadwork from the late 1800s features beaded flowers and birds. (Figure 17.) The elaborate flowers often overflow with multiple strands of beads while dozens of loops hang from the edges of pieces in Victorian excess. Beadwork sales to Victorian women were a major source of income for many Iroquois families.