Tie Hamghr, Wonderfully Tender, Naive 1934 Iroquois Beadwork on Silk Hanger photo print A chip or two to

A chip or two to the lip incurred long ago

This is a very early (c

and color of the paint just radiant

It features hand-painted eyes in two different patterns executed in rich blue and purple against bright white on front and back

And then there's a little pocket sewn to the back of the chair too

Tie Hamghr, Wonderfully Tender, Naive 1934 Iroquois Beadwork on Silk Hanger photo print A chip or two toIf ever the were a tie hanger made for me, this would most definitely be it. Amid a bunch of tender feeling things this week, I find this perhaps the most touching of all, and as I've said before, there is nothing I love more than an example of heartfelt, earnest hard trying. Iroquois (Haudenosaunee), in the manner of beadwork made for the tourist trade around Niagara Falls, but an especially naive example, perhaps made as a gift from a young maker to