Pincushion
Name/Title
PincushionEntry/Object ID
1950.7Description
Pincushion covered in red, twill-woven wool. The top is decorated with clear glass beads couched onto paper then appliqued onto the wool. The beads for a floral frame around the edge of the cushion and the letter R in gothic scripts at the center. There is white, beaded fringe around the edge. A paper note is stitched onto the bottom that reads, "Beaded pillow, made for Miss Clara Ranney's aunt, by a Vermont Indian woman (possibly an Abenequi), while in Brattleboro, about 1885. Gift of Miss Clara E. Ranney, Saxton's River, Vt. 8/12/50".Context
Made by an Indigenous American artisan, likely for the tourist trade. Owned in Brattleboro, VermontAcquisition
Accession
1950.7Source or Donor
Ranney, Clara E.Acquisition Method
GiftMade/Created
Date made
circa 1885Ethnography
Culture/Tribe
Abenaki
Native American