Purse

Museum number:
11-43107
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Accession number:
Acc.3887
Description:
Rectangular, rows of brown seeds in pairs strung with black thread; orange bead covered with brown seeds attached to front as catch for seed loop at tip of cover flap; damaged in front.
Donor:
Howard Wolcott
Collection place:
Hawaiian Islands
Verbatim coll. place:
Hawaii
Culture or time period:
Hawaiian
Collector:
Oliver G. Wolcott
Collection date:
1904-1909
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Purses (drawstringed accessories)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
length 13 centimeters and width 9.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Purse, accession number 11-43107, described as Rectangular, rows of brown seeds in pairs strung with black thread; orange bead covered with brown seeds attached to front as catch for seed loop at tip of cover flap; damaged in front.

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