Coin purse

Museum number:
9-10981
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
261 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
Coin purse; brass 11.5 cm length; 5 cm width.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Uttar Pradesh, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Uttar Pradesh
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
January 1970
Materials:
Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coin purses
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
Used daily by anyone to store coins. Made by men, metalworkers.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 5 centimeters and length 11.5 centimeters
Comment:
Cast brass, hinged at one end to open for coin insertion.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Coin purse, accession number 9-10981, described as Coin purse; brass 11.5 cm length; 5 cm width.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Coin purse, accession number 9-10981, described as Coin purse; brass 11.5 cm length; 5 cm width.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin purse, accession number 9-10981, described as Coin purse; brass 11.5 cm length; 5 cm width.

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