DepartmentTextiles-United States & Canada
Beaded, scalloped edge pin cushion
NamePin cushion
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
CultureUnidentified Indigenous (Canada)
DateLate 19th century
Place madeCanada, North America
Place madeUnited States, North America
MediumCotton, beads
Dimensions1 3/16 × 3 9/16 × 3 9/16 in. (3 × 9 × 9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, gift of the Patricia M. Newman Trust, FA.2016.62.3
Object numberFA.2016.62.3
DescriptionThis six-scalloped red pin cushion is bordered in blue and white beads, stuffed with cotton and backed in muslin. The center hexagonal star is of clear beads outlined in white. Extending from it are six areas of bead double V's in clear and white alternating with blue and black beads.
Mid-to-late 19th century
Late 19th-early 20th century
1880-1890
