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pincushion
| Date: | 1890-1910 |
| Country: | Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) |
| Continent: | North America |
| Technique: | embroidery, glazed, weaving |
| Material: | glass on cotton, paper |
| Artist: | Unknown Iriquois Artist |
| Dimensions: | 9.88 x 8.38 x 2.25 in. (25.08 x 21.27 x 5.72 cm) |
| Credit: | Gift from the Estate of Professor Helen Louise Allen |
| Accession Number: | D.B.US.0055 |
Comments: Oversize beaded pincushion featuring three-dimensional laid beadwork on purple velveteeen applied to paper; beads are mostly clear but include green, yellow, blue, red, and grey colors; grey pony beads are used to denote details such as stems and flower centers; pincushion is edged with cotton muslin and loops of clear beads and backed in glazed cotton; pincushion is stuffed with red colored sawdust. Center motif is a bird on a flowering branch with a similar branch overhead and is bordered by leaf-like shapes positioned to create a scalloped edge.
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