Antique Native American Iroquois Haudenosaunee shoe pin cushion ca. 1890s beaded

LARGE BEADED NATIVE AMERICAN PIN CUSHION / PILLOW / WALL POCKET. About 7" x 3" x 11 high including hanging fringe. Wonderful Native American Iroquois / Mohawk /. Great Lakes / Niagara origin. Intricately beaded shoe or boot form in raise three-dimensional style.

Blue, amber, coral, gray and green beads and sequins on a blue cloth background. It was in the 1890s that the beaded boot form became very popular in Victorian styling. Some missing beads and sequins and some worn spots on the fabric backing (all visible in the images).

A FINE LATE 19TH CENTURY NATIVE AMERICAN BEADWORK POCKET / CUSHION.

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