Beaded Bag

Title: Beaded Bag
Description: A black velvet bag with beaded fringe. This bag depicts a brown swan surrounded by purple flowers. The swan and flowers are further encircled by a zigzag border.
Identifier: 2022.iitb.08
Date: ca. 1850-1860s
Spatial Coverage: created in Ontario, Canada or New York, United States; North America; Ontario; New York
Creator: Haudenosaunee; Iroquois
Format: bags (generic containers)
Medium: beads and sequins on velvet
Subject: beadwork (visual works); Swans in art; flower (motif)
Publisher: Brooklyn Museum; https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/222813
Provenance: Gift of the Edward J. Guarino Collection in memory of Josephine M. Guarino
Rights: Creative Commons-BY