C. 1850s Native American Finely Beaded Wool Pouch, Seneca or Wabanaki wine opener I was sold on this

I was sold on this beautiful little treen box before I even opened it--looking like a very finely turned beehive bank but round and with a pedestal base

a cabinet of curiosities wonderland in New Hampshire run by a family of creatives

Beautifully carved all the way around (with such a wonderful face

There is a variety of fur used--white for the eye brows

looks like SLC to me

C. 1850s Native American Finely Beaded Wool Pouch, Seneca or Wabanaki wine opener I was sold on thisThis 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