Early Heart Shaped (c. Mid 19th Century) Beaded Iroquois Pin Cushion rusted tin There is no date on

There is no date on the newspaper adhered to the bottom

With the perfect amount of white space around them

which I kind of like on the roof of the house in lieu of a chimney

pages crisp and almost entirely free of marks

Early Heart Shaped (c. Mid 19th Century) Beaded Iroquois Pin Cushion rusted tin There is no date onI don't think photos with no sense of scale do justice to this one those beads are tiny, and the pin cushion relatively small, so it feels very fine in hand. And it is definitely an early one, c. 1850s I believe. There is a great blog devoted to early Iroquois (including Seneca) and Wabanaki pin cushions, including many heart shaped examples along the lines of this one, which I believe is Iroquois. Wear to the sides as evident it does appear it was