Early Heart Shaped (c. Mid 19th Century) Beaded Iroquois Pin Cushion tabletop furniture This I believe is a

This I believe is a monoprint

painted/lacquered black on the reverse side

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it appears to be signed on the wooden seat below

such that one could read it with one's fingers rather than one's eyes

Early Heart Shaped (c. Mid 19th Century) Beaded Iroquois Pin Cushion tabletop furniture This I believe is aI don't think photos with no sense of scale do justice to this one those beads are tiny, and the pin cushion relatively small, so it feels very fine in hand. And it is definitely an early one, c. 1850s I believe. There is a great blog devoted to early Iroquois (including Seneca) and Wabanaki pin cushions, including many heart shaped examples along the lines of this one, which I believe is Iroquois. Wear to the sides as evident it does appear it was