Beaded necklace with pouch
Artist:
PONDO
Date: early 20th century
Medium: goatskin?, glass trade beads, natural fibers, brass
Classification: Costume
Credit Line: Gift of Julia Kellogg
Object number: 1940.21.15
Description3 strands, one blue and two white support a leather envelope purse trimmed with blue and white beads and fastened with a button. The purse attaches to the necklace by blue beaded loops and conical shaped brass buttons.
1995-Leather purse is covered with alternating rows of opaque turquoise and white beads. The flap of purse closes with one button. There are four small circles of beads on this flap. They are bordered by a circle of white beads, four bordered by 7 rows of white beads. A bead loop is on each top corner of purse by which the purse attaches to 2 strands of white and one strand of light blue beads. These strings are fastened to the loops via brass buttons.