Charming Miniature 19th Century Native American Beaded Pouch, Presumed Seneca hooks Marvelously eerie

Marvelously eerie

Unusual and just terrific

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11 1/2" diameter including bells

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Charming Miniature 19th Century Native American Beaded Pouch, Presumed Seneca hooks Marvelously eerieA wonderful, very small, antique Native American beaded pouch, the right size for a few stones, or herbs, or baby teeth and perhaps indeed made for a child. I am pretty certain this is Seneca, of Western New York two (larger in scale) examples included in photos, the first c. 1830, the second c. 1860. I would guess around 1860s 70s on this one based on comparison, but am not an expert; 19th c. I do believe. It appears to me sewn of a sort of plum