Puzzle pouch

1800-1830

Medium/TechniqueDeer hide, glass beads

DimensionsHeight x width: 17.8 × 9.5 cm (7 × 3 3/4 in.)

Credit LineJohn H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund, Mary S. and Edward J. Holmes Fund, Frank B. Bemis Fund, Arthur Tracy Cabot Fund, Helen and Alice Colburn Fund, Edwin E. Jack Fund, Frederick Brown Fund, Elizabeth M. and John F. Paramino Fund in memory of John F. Paramino, Boston Sculptor, Harriet Otis Cruft Fund, Seth K. Sweetser Fund, Helen B. Sweeney Fund, Susan Cornelia Warren Fund, Samuel Putnam Avery Fund, Alice M. Bartlett Fund, Jane Marsland and Judith A. Marsland Fund, and Mary E. Moore Gift

Accession number2018.2976

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ClassificationsCostumes

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Provenance19th century, purchased, possibly in New York state, by an unknown collector [see note]. May 1995, sold by an unknown vendor, Brimfield Antique Show, Brimfield, MA to Alan Silberberg (dealer), Littleton, MA; 1995, sold by Alan Silberberg to Gerry Biron and JoAnne Russo, Rockingham, VT; 2018, sold by Gerry Biron and JoAnne Russo to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 12, 2018)

NOTE: A note found in the pouch reads: "My grandfather bought this when he was peddling wooden ware out west among the Indians from an Indian girl." It is thought that "out west" may refer to the Niagara Frontier.