Tie Hamghr, Wonderfully Tender, Naive 1934 Iroquois Beadwork on Silk Hanger photo print It features hand-painted eyes in

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

Photo measures 4 9/16” x 3 7/16

and color of the paint just radiant

11 1/8" d and in excellent antique condition

I of course also love it for its moments of disruption and improvisatory problem solving—a small green square within in a yellow one

Tie Hamghr, Wonderfully Tender, Naive 1934 Iroquois Beadwork on Silk Hanger photo print It features hand-painted eyes inIf 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