Beaded Pouch

Artist:Lorna Hill

Medium: Beads, velvet

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Dates:2002

Dimensions: 9 x 8 1/2 in. (22.9 x 21.6 cm) - excluding beaded handle and fringe

Collections:

Accession Number: 2014.76.30

Catalogue Description:
Flapped pouch for a woman with white, red, turquoise, and green beads on forest green velvet. The bottom has a red bird holding a leafy twig perched on a branch. This is outlined with a chevron arrangement of beads in pale blue. The shape of the bottom is zig zag edge. The flap has a white flower with red center with leaf branch flanking it. The edge of both the flap and the bottom of the bag has beaded fringe drops.

Brooklyn Museum