Beaded Whimsy, Niagara Falls style

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Object Details

Artist

Unidentified (Seneca/Iroquois)

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson

Date

ca. 1900

Object number

1986.65.356

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Decorative Arts-Fiber

Folk Art

Medium

glass beads on cardboard-reinforced cotton with wool and sawdust

Dimensions

15 7/8 x 7 x 2 3/8 in. (40.2 x 17.7 x 6.0 cm)

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Department

Decorative Arts

Data Source

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Topic

Dress\accessory\shoe

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Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7316e51f7-4aa1-4add-b790-988c87819b7e

Record ID

saam_1986.65.356