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Pincushion
Pincushion

Pincushion

1800-1830
Medium/TechniqueBirchbark, porcupine quills, silk plain weave, glass beads
DimensionsHeight x width: 10.5 × 9.5 cm (4 1/8 × 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 number2018.3029
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceJohn Bauer (dealer), ME. 2008, sold by Gould Auctions, Smithfield, ME to Gerry Biron and JoAnne Russo, Rockingham, VT; 2018, sold by Gerry Biron and JoAnne Russo to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 12, 2018)