AN UNUSUAL IROQUOIS BEADED CLOTH HAT

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AN UNUSUAL IROQUOIS BEADED CLOTH HAT
Constructed of brown velvet and white, green, orange, pink, two shades of blue and translucent yellow, pink and red beads, decorated with elaborate floral motifs
9in. (22.8cm.) diameter

來源

Collected by Father Pierre-Jean De Smet and gifted to the ancestors of the current owners.

拍品專文

Embossed floral beadwork of this type became a hallmark of Mohawk Iroquois art in the second half of the 19th century, but the association of this example with Father De Smet provides a rare, pre-1860 date for the development of this art form.

Ted Brasser March 14, 2000