Wonderfully Wild Flowers, 19th Century Northeast Native Beaded Hide Pouch, Eastern Woodlands

I paid a good bit for this one but I could not walk away from it--the wildness of the these beaded flowers on their red, white and blue stems, and the cross-hatching on the basket/vase too, completely do it for me. And I'm really interested in the way the visual languages of various forms of folk art converge and cross-pollinate--impossible to look at the vessel of flowers on this Native American beadwork pouch and not think of 19th century schoolgirl theorem watercolors and needlepoint samplers depicting the same subject in a closely related manner--which makes me feel a special connection to this piece. And as far as I can tell it is a pretty unusual one. I am fairly certain Eastern Woodlands, and I believe Northeastern; the dealer I purchased it from identified it as Wabanaki/Maliseet but I am not completely certain. Hand beading on leather, deer hide I believe, with cotton lining and leather draw string, undecorated on reverse. C. late 19th century.

9 3/4" w x 9 1/2" t. Excellent condition, no bead loss that I can see, just light general surface wear to the leather. Very sound, not at all fragile.