Coin purse

Museum number:
9-10996
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
23 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
Coin purse, leather, cotton trim; 16 cm length; 7 cm width.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Manali, Himachal Pradesh, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Himachal Pradesh, Manali (Made in Tibet)
Culture or time period:
Indian and Tibetan
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
July 1969
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Leather
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coin purses
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
Used anytime by men or women as coin purse; obtained in India, but made in Tibet. Made by Tibetan men.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 7 centimeters and length 16 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Coin purse, accession number 9-10996, described as Coin purse, leather, cotton trim; 16 cm length; 7 cm width.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Coin purse, accession number 9-10996, described as Coin purse, leather, cotton trim; 16 cm length; 7 cm width.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin purse, accession number 9-10996, described as Coin purse, leather, cotton trim; 16 cm length; 7 cm width.

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