Beaded Bag

Title: Beaded Bag
Description: A cloth bag with a beaded strap and fringe. This bag depicts a single, white flower with an orange center and two leaves. The bag’s flap depicts another white flower, outlined in purple, with a yellow center and four leaves; above this flower, there is text that reads “REMEMBER ME.”
Identifier: 2022.iitb.07
Date: ca. 1880s
Spatial Coverage: North America
Creator: Haudenosaunee; Iroquois
Format: bags (generic containers)
Medium: beads on cloth
Subject: beadwork (visual works); flower (motif)
Publisher: Brooklyn Museum; https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/222815
Provenance: Gift of the Edward J. Guarino Collection in memory of Edgar and Josephine Guarino
Rights: Creative Commons-BY