February 22, 2024
Vintage LEATHER POCAHONTIS PAINTING OLD American Indian
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awesome vintage painting of Pocahontis on a natural leather animal pelt hand painted with excellent detail i don't know too much about this i purchased it an an estate sale of a very old home in upstate new york. i imagine it was a souvenir its in perfect condition, the leather is soft and the colors vibrant it was folded for years in an old trunk. i have it laid out now so the creases relaxt are holes w it was hung originally when tanned and paintedi have one photo of this postedvery folksy very old very beautiful very nice piece of craftsmanshipthis is one of a kind for sure very large she roughly meausures:38 inches by 33 inches Check out my other items ! 's some info on this famous indian maiden: Pocahontas (c. 1595 âe" bur. March 21 , 1617 [2] ) was a Native American woman who married an Englishman, John Rolfe , and became a celebrity in London in the last year of her life. She was a daughter of Wahunsunacock (also known as Chief or Emperor Powhatan), who ruled an area encompassing almost all of the neighboring tribes in the Tidewater region of Virginia (called Tenakomakah at the time). Her formal names were Matoaka (or Matoika ) and Amonute [3] ; Pocahontas was a childhood nickname referring to her frolicsome nature (in the Powhatan language it meant "little wanton", according to William Strachey [4] ). After her baptism
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