match safe
Object NameBeaded Match Safe
Made FromGlass Beads, Cardboard, Cotton
Dateabout 1917
TechniqueTooled, pulled, cut, fire polished, strung, sewn, mounted
SizeOverall L: 21 cm, W: 13.4 cm, D: 2.9 cm
Accession Number96.4.67
Credit LineGift of the Stillman Family
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Past | Present: Expanding the Stories of Glass
Life on a String: 35 Centuries of the Glass Bead
Interpretive NotesRaised beadwork is a characteristic style of Hodinöhsö:ni beaded objects. Many beads are strung together on a single thread before the group is sewn to the cloth. This technique creates a design that projects from the surface. Birds, like the one at the top of this match safe, were a common image. This match safe was made to hang on a wall in someone’s home, probably near a kerosene lamp. One pocket safely stored unused matches, while the other held used matches.
United States, NY, possibly Chautauqua
Provenance
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about 1925-1940
about 1953