Artist:Hodinöhsö:ni’
Medium: Beads, cloth
Geograhical Locations:
Dates:ca. 1910
Dimensions: 6 1/4 × 6 3/8 × 1/2 in. (15.9 × 16.2 × 1.3 cm)
Collections:
Accession Number: 2021.2
Catalogue Description: Small bag of green cloth, edged with white cloth (twill?), and decorated with raised, beaded floral designs primarily in clear and white with accents of yellow, green, pink, choral, orange, and red. The glass beads vary from small seed beads to faceted tubular ones. On the front, the top of the flap has the beaded words “Forget Me Not” in red. The back of the bag is decorated with a raised beaded vase accented with yellow cloth (satin?), flowers, and a butterfly in the same colors as the front. The bottom of the bag is decorated with a looped fringe of clear beads, and the sides and flap are edged with short loops of clear beads. There is a strap of twisted clear bead strands. The inside of the bag is lined with yellow glazed cotton or chintz. Condition: excellent; some of the short, clear loops on the lower left side are missing.