Turtle Bay November 19, 2018 Artifact, Exhibition Artifact of the Month: Victorian Whimsey Turtle Bay November 19, 2018 Artifact, Exhibition Sparkling and vibrant, these decorative beaded “whimsies” were likely handcrafted by members of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy of the Northeastern United States and Canada sometime between the middle 19th and early 20th centuries.