Iroquois raised beadwork

Discover Pinterest’s best ideas and inspiration for Iroquois raised beadwork. Get inspired and try out new things.
44 people searched this
·
Last updated 5d
Historic Iroquois and Wabanaki Beadwork: “FROM NIAGARA FALLS” and Tuscarora Beadwork Wabanaki Beadwork, Iroquois Beadwork, Raised Beadwork, Visiting Niagara Falls, Beaded Ideas, Good Luck Horseshoe, French Curtains, Beaded Items, Western New York

During the nineteenth century, the western New York Haudenosaunee, particularly the Tuscaroras, were on the frontlines of the world’s most exciting and emerging tourist market. Occasionally on late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century beaded bags, but more often on related items of Iroquois fancy beadwork such as picture frames, pincushions, sewing cases, match holders, good-luck horseshoes, etc., sentimental inscriptions were written out in beads. Common phrases were “Think of Me”…

37
Historic Iroquois and Wabanaki Beadwork: Wabanaki Beadwork - Part 1 Native American Beadwork Tutorial, Raised Beadwork, Native American Beadwork Earrings, Indian Beadwork, Beadwork Tutorial, Beadwork Embroidery, Beadwork Designs, Bead Embroidery Tutorial, Native Beadwork

The Wabanaki are the “People of the Dawn” or the “Dawn Land People,” the name they called themselves. Traditionally, subsistence for the Wabanaki was based on hunting and gathering. After European settlement and the eighteenth-century wars between the French and English, they were forced to settle on reservations. The rapid growth of non-Indian settlements during the early nineteenth century also placed substantial pressure on the Wabanaki. This compelled Native communities to devise a new…

1.1k