SKU: 5060-015

Early Iroquois Beaded Bag

Early 20th Century

Hand Crafted from Hide Leather and Glass Seed Beads with a Black Background and  Victorian Floral Motif Design

In Very Good Condition

Early Iroquois beaded bags (also known as Haudenosaunee beaded bags or purses) are exquisite examples of Native American beadwork from the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, primarily created by women artisans in regions like upstate New York and near Niagara Falls.
These small pouches or purses, often made from cloth like velvet, silk, or cotton and decorated with intricate glass beadwork, emerged in the late 18th to early 19th century. The earliest documented example dates to around 1794. They predate heavy European influence in some forms, with possible roots in hide pouches decorated with quillwork, but glass beads (introduced via trade) became prominent by the early 1800s.

Condition: Very Good

Tribe: Iroquois

Year Range: 1900 - 1925

Region: Great Basin

Estimate

$360 to $590

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