Early Heart Shaped (c. Mid 19th Century) Beaded Iroquois Pin Cushion tabletop furniture as it seems to me

as it seems to me just about the most primitive

but maybe just a toy

this one a round painter duster with dark

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Early Heart Shaped (c. Mid 19th Century) Beaded Iroquois Pin Cushion tabletop furniture as it seems to meI 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