Artifact |  | Maliseet or Micmac Beaded Pouch or Purse
Maine State Museum, Artifact
Purse of dark brown velveteen, decorated with beads in blue, white, mauve, green, clear, brown and red. The purse is shaped with a flat bottom and top, and the sides are shaped in rounded points. The top opening is covered in a folded-over flap. The edges are bound in red silk ribbon. On the back, the purse is beaded in four curving stems in clear beads, terminating in carnation-like flowers in clear, red, green and white. The edges are beaded in concentric lines of white, turquoise, white, and brown beads. The front is beaded with a linear motif which flares with similar carnation-like petals along the side and at the ends. The framing of this motif follows the contours of the purse sides and the double-pointed flap. The flap is beaded inside each point with a trefoil design in mauve and turquoise. The purse is lined with green glazed cotton.
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