TWO IROQUOIS BEADED CLOTH POUCHES
TWO IROQUOIS BEADED CLOTH POUCHES

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TWO IROQUOIS BEADED CLOTH POUCHES
the first, of usual form with flap, beaded in numerous shades of translucent and opaque beads on a red wool ground, decorated on front and back with floral-like and scrolling motifs, design fields outlined in white beads, edged with blue silk binding, lined with blue glazed cotton; the second, of rounded rectangular form, beaded in numerous shades of translucent and opaque beads on a red wool ground, the front, decorated with concentric circular designs surrounded by four scrolling devices and three concentric bands of beadwork following the pouch shape, the back, with a diamond motif surrounded by four scrolling devices and two concentric bands of beadwork following the pouch shape, edged with green silk binding and white beadwork, lined with muslin
Lengths: the first, 4¼ in. (10.8 cm.); the second, 5 in. (12.7 cm.) (2)