Beaded pincushion

Titles: Beaded pincushion (Supplied title)

Description: A square pincushion, possibly Dakota, made of cream wool and stuffed with natural fibers featuring multicolored spot-stitched glass seed bead-work in floral motif on face and loop bead edging along seam, circa the mid- to late 19th century.

Dates

• Approximately 1860 - Approximately 1901 (Date range based on time Bishop Whipple spent in Minnesota working for various government commissions for Indian Affairs) (Creation)

Creation

• presented by: Hart (Heart), Esther Walker St. Clair
• received by: Whipple, Evangeline Marrs Simpson

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 1970

Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Collections, Gift of the Sibley House Association of the Minnesota Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 6 1/2 inches length
• 6 1/2 inches width
• 2 1/2 inches depth

Subjects

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