Reticule Wall Pouch
date: label: Accession Date
content: 6 Jun 1963
name: label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Nevada E. Schmidt
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Slipper-shaped of stiff cardboard form covered with green cotton cloth on front, which is heavily covered in glass beading of medium sized clear, opague white seed, and scattered large tubular beads - edge rows and floral rosettes on front. Made for the tourist trade, a typical Victorian object hung on walls for odd trinkets such as pins, thimbles or stamps."
label: Notes
content: This appears to be a Niagara Falls-style souvenir beadwork object. These types of objects are sometimes called "whimsies." It seems to be a slipper-shaped wall hanging or wall pocket. These types of objects are sometimes identified as wall watch pockets or holders. See pp. 18-19 in Elliott, Dolores N. 2002. Flights of fancy: an introduction to Iroquois beadwork. Johnson City, NY: Iroquois Studies Association.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 11 Mar 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nova Scotia, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Micmac (Mi'kmaq)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 246936
label: USNM Number
content: E402100-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Wall Pocket