C. 1850s Native American Finely Beaded Wool Pouch, Seneca or Wabanaki quiche dish one part chartreuse

one part chartreuse

determined looking gaze of this figure

A bit mysterious feeling

because of the huge number of firkins and buckets that were made there

Some surface scratches and erosion to the surface of the tintype particularly lower left corner

C. 1850s Native American Finely Beaded Wool Pouch, Seneca or Wabanaki quiche dish one part chartreuseThis is an early one, mid 19th century I believe, glass beads on red wool ground, with green silk border and light blue interior, polished cotton I believe. There was a great deal of similarity between Wabanaki (especially Mi'kmaq) and Iroquois (specifically Seneca) beadwork during this period; I am not expert enough to attribute definitively. (There is an excellent blog devoted to just this: https: iroquoisbeadwork. blogspot. com ) I am forever