Iroquois Beaded Trinket Box Late offers 1800s - Unique Early Double Curve Pattern , stunning example!

A vintage Iroquois beaded open trinket box cover from the late 1800s early 1900s. This is a well utilized example with the beadwork pattern in a more traditional style, typical of the earlier 1800's with the double curve that may represent the fiddlehead fern. This style differs from many Iroquois pieces of the time. This later Iroquois style geared heavily to the tourist trade would have the florate design in raised beadwork done over a paper pattern cutout. Wonderful use of old Venetian beads in color , clear and bugles is also common with Iroquois beadwork from this period. It has suffered very little loss, and displays well. Measures approximately 3 1/2 inches across the top. A wonderful addition to any Native American collection, and represents a time when Native people adapted to a new economy when there previous offers way of making a living could no longer be pursued or sustain them. With the Fur Trade all but gone, and Indian land overrun with settlements, Native people turned to selling their crafts on the popular Tourist markets frequented by an International clientele, offering souvenir arts at places like Niagara Falls, and railroad stations, fairs, and even door-to-door. A new Native economy as a result of necessity that often was the sustaining force for whole families. Own this piece of history, and the rich story it represents.