Gorgeous Antique Native American Beaded Hide Purse with Sinew Stitching, Presumed Plateau 1846 oil on unstretched canvas

oil on unstretched canvas

There a bit of loss to the gesso on the frame along the right edge running just about the glass

a lot of grace

I imagine he slate on which this pink house and winter landscape was painted was salvaged from an antique school slate the frame of which fell apart

(Plus her shoes are great

Gorgeous Antique Native American Beaded Hide Purse with Sinew Stitching, Presumed Plateau 1846 oil on unstretched canvas(First photo composite showing both sides.) Stunning, with these best blue glass beads, which are tiny tiny, against which the beaded patterns just vibrate, especially that red. Made of hide, which is visible on the interior, as are sinew stitches attaching the handle. C. 1900 I believe, with related examples out there using commercially produced clasping handles like this, which would have been traded for. (A photo of a late 19th century Sioux purse