Artifact |  | Micmac Beaded Wallet
Maine State Museum, Artifact
Small wallet of dark gray wool, worked with beaded design in lavender, brown, white, pink, blue, and yellow. The wallet opens to expose two opposing pockets. The top edge of each pocket is scalloped. The sides and pocket edges of the wallet are bound with turquoise blue silk and beaded with large white ("pony") beads. The overall beaded design is of curving lines, three-petaled abstract floral motifs and starbursts. The wallet is lined with cream-colored silk satin. The exterior double curve features three leaves at its center. The interior double curves feature a classic, MicMac double curve with a T at the center.
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