Minneapolis Institute of Art

Picture Frame

Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) artist

Date

1910

Medium

Beads, cotton, paper, sequins

Culture

Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)

Department

Arts of the Americas

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

As photography became more accessible in the late 1800's, picture frame whimsies became desirable items of home décor. Often beaded with three-dimensional flowers and other motifs, picture frames illustrate the broad pallet artists employed to make these pieces. They fashioned patterns for designs and passed their templates along to younger artists in the family. Younger women and girls first learned how to bead the looped fringe and would later bead entire whimsies. By creating them in this way, Iroquois women insured the survival and growth of their artistic traditions. Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), United States, Americas

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