Tie Hamghr, Wonderfully Tender, Naive 1934 Iroquois Beadwork on Silk Hanger British steam liner I couldn't resist the graphics

I couldn't resist the graphics and zeal of the recruitment pitch on these booklets issued by The Grand Fraternity of Philadelphia in 1927

especially for the straight-on view

arms crossing

dated 1826

but I can't decipher

Tie Hamghr, Wonderfully Tender, Naive 1934 Iroquois Beadwork on Silk Hanger British steam liner I couldn't resist the graphicsIf 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