19th Century Iroquois Beaded Silk and Linen Frame with Pair of Squirrels (tintype not included) wire and wood rug beater and is great both standing

and is great both standing on end or laying horizontally

and because I feel like one can never have too many nice old sets of wooden building blocks at one's disposal

where there are records of her exhibiting from the 1960s and 70s all the way through 2011

but knew it was quite an exquisitely made thing

19th Century Iroquois Beaded Silk and Linen Frame with Pair of Squirrels (tintype not included) wire and wood rug beater and is great both standingIt is the two squirrels with black eyes and bushy tails facing each other at the top corners of this antique beaded frame that completely sold me on it uncommon and just wonderful. And while I don't always love Iroquois Mohawk beadwork made for the tourist market around Niagara Falls, this is I think a very fine and lovely and relatively early example (c. 1860s 80s I believe) and frames are pretty rare to find. Just right, and just the right size for