Beaded Pouch

Ira Blount · late 20th-early 21st Century

Artist Ira Blount (1918-2020) strings tiny beads together to create a pouch with bold geometric patterns. Glass seed beads in purple, white, green, silver, and gold form triangles on the pouch’s strap and flap, echoing the latter’s triangular shape. Diamonds and zigzags also pattern the pouch, which features fringe edging both the flap and the pouch’s bottom.