Mirror and case
Artist
Unknown
CultureNative American | Blackfoot
Dateca.1875
MediumMixed media
Dimensions5 1/2 × 3 1/4 in. (14 × 8.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. James C. Perry
Object number34.1.18
Not on view
DescriptionNative American, Plains, Blackfoot. Small beaded leather (buckskin) pouch, the back plain, the front with a yellow background and the head of a buffalo in blue with a blue and yellow border. Inside is a mirror set into a piece of wood edged with brass studs, and with a buffalo head scratched into the verso. Originally this would have had fringe on the bottom, now missing.Exhibition HistoryNorfolk Museum, "Indian Painting in the USA," Nov. 4-26, 1956.
