Artifact |  | Maliseet Beaded Pouch
Maine State Museum, Artifact
Brown wool pouch, decorated with small beads in white, yellow, green, turquoise, and purple. The bag has a rounded bottom and flat top, with a 2 1/4-inch deep flap on each side of the top edge. The beads are worked on one side in concentric zig-zag lines and straight lines with the design of a circle in the center, surrounded by a frame following the contours of the pouch. On the other side, the beaded design is of a circle with an interior motif of a square and V-shaped motifs terminating in tight curls. Four more of these V-shaped motifs are worked around the outside of the circle. The edges are bound with silk ribbon and then are beaded. The interior of the pouch is lined with plain cotton cloth, with the bolt end stamp of "PONTIAC BLEACH[ERY]/PROVIDENCE." The stamp has a design of a youth in trousers and short frock jacket with belted waist and puffed sleeves. He appears to be spinning thread from a distaff. Puffy clouds are in the background.
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