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Showing results 1 - 10 of 17 for the category: Ethnic, Folk and Native American Art.
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Large Iroquois Pincushion (11/25/08)
 Large Iroquois Pincushion
By Dolores Elliott
One of the most common forms of Iroquois pincushions is the large rectangular pincushion that often features a beaded bird on a field of purple velvet. A frame of beaded leaves surrounds the purple center. I estimate that at least 8,000 of these pincushions were made between 1870 and 1910.
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It’s a What? A Whirligig? (9/24/08)
If I told you a whirligig could bring in some big money, would you know what a whirligig is and how to spot one?
I always teach members of my antique business club that the money in this business is made in the rare. The rare and desirable will keep your money turning, and a whirligig falls into this category.
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The Magic of Iroquois Beadwork (9/6/08)
 In 1903, my grandmother went to the Afton Fair, a small agricultural fair in central New York State. Because her daughter, my aunt, was sick and couldn’t go to the fair, my grandmother brought a present for her from the fair. It was a pink satin beaded bird-shaped pincushion with the year 1903 beaded under the tail. (Figure 1.)
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Aztecs (9/3/08)
 the Aztecs I have on question have been in my possession for several years. I found them in an old store that has since closed up. I’ve enjoyed them, scanned them over a thousand times but also know that they are not to stay with me. Like most people, times are hard and needs must be met.
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