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2022

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2023

2025

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Beadwork Picture

This is a Beadwork picture. It was embroidered by Constance B. It is dated 1833 and we acquired it in 2022. Its medium is silk, linen, glass beads, copper beads, iron beads. It is a part of the department.

This object was bequest of Marsha Carson. It is credited Bequest of Marsha Carson.

Its dimensions are

H x W (object): 34 × 26.4 cm (13 3/8 × 10 3/8 in.) H x W (framed): 46 × 25.7 × 2.5 cm (18 1/8 in. × 10 1/8 in. × 1 in.)

It is inscribed

Beadwork inscription, bottom: Constance B 1833

Cite this object as

Beadwork Picture; Embroidered by Constance B; silk, linen, glass beads, copper beads, iron beads; H x W (object): 34 × 26.4 cm (13 3/8 × 10 3/8 in.) H x W (framed): 46 × 25.7 × 2.5 cm (18 1/8 in. × 10 1/8 in. × 1 in.); Bequest of Marsha Carson; 2022-40-30

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