Beaded, scalloped edge pin cushion

NamePin cushion

Artist Artist Not Recorded

CultureUnidentified Native American (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

Collections

United States and Canada

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.