C. 1850s Native American Finely Beaded Wool Pouch, Seneca or Wabanaki wine opener It seems AL must have

It seems AL must have run through the ink of several pens drawing this

a few very minor surface scratches and some light stains visible on the white paint on the back side

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

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

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

C. 1850s Native American Finely Beaded Wool Pouch, Seneca or Wabanaki wine opener It seems AL must haveThis 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