Object Details
- Artist
- Ira Blount
- Caption
- 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.
- After moving to Washington, DC following World War II, Ira Blount mastered dozens of artisanal crafts. His love for crafting, learning, and community engagement would endure over the course of his long life and career.
- Cite As
- Gift of Ira Blount
- late 20th-early 21st Century
- Accession Number
- 2011.0004.0116
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- bag
- Medium
- glass beads, nylon thread
- Dimensions
- 9 3/16 × 2 7/16 × 5/16 in. (23.3 × 6.2 × 0.8 cm)
- See more items in
- Anacostia Community Museum Collection
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Record ID
- acm_2011.0004.0116
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dl8347dbb3b-e674-4eae-90fd-37ea1ad83abd
