DepartmentTextiles-United States & Canada
Beaded Pincushion
NamePincushion
Artist
Artist not recorded
CultureTuscarora (Iroquois)
Datec. 1930
Place madeNiagara Falls, New York, United States, North America
MediumCotton, glass beads
Dimensions2 3/16 × 11 × 6 11/16 in. (5.5 × 28 × 17 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1980.9.40
Object numberA.1980.9.40
Collections
ProvenanceGift of Mrs. Helen Donnelly.
DescriptionStitched, stuffed, beaded. Pink wool fabric. Boot shape. Top decorated, beaded with clear glass beads in raised floral shapes. Fringe at bottom.
20th century
ca. 1920
c. 1960
20th century
Early 20th century
c. 1958
c. 1960