Tie Hamghr, Wonderfully Tender, Naive 1934 Iroquois Beadwork on Silk Hanger British steam liner This black and gold painted

This black and gold painted wooden Art Deco style lidded box

and "Denmark" pressed along the bottom edge

All of his joints move easily

and the others

dated 1826

Tie Hamghr, Wonderfully Tender, Naive 1934 Iroquois Beadwork on Silk Hanger British steam liner This black and gold paintedIf ever the were a tie hanger made for me, this would most definitely be it. Amid a bunch of tender feeling things this week, I find this perhaps the most touching of all, and as I've said before, there is nothing I love more than an example of heartfelt, earnest hard trying. Iroquois (Haudenosaunee), in the manner of beadwork made for the tourist trade around Niagara Falls, but an especially naive example, perhaps made as a gift from a young maker to