Handbag

Museum number:
3-28890
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3707
Description:
Basket. Rectangular with flap closure, constructed of strips of palm, machine sewn to cardbaord and sewn together. 34 x 45 x 24 cm.
Donor:
Edgar C. Altermatt, Katharine D. Jenkins, and Mrs. Edgar C. Altermatt
Collection place:
Mexico
Collector:
Katharine D. Jenkins
Materials:
Plant material
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Handbags
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
February 24, 1982
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Handbag, accession number 3-28890, described as Basket. Rectangular with flap closure, constructed of strips of palm, machine sewn to cardbaord and sewn together. 34 x 45 x 24 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Handbag, accession number 3-28890, described as Basket. Rectangular with flap closure, constructed of strips of palm, machine sewn to cardbaord and sewn together. 34 x 45 x 24 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Handbag, accession number 3-28890, described as Basket. Rectangular with flap closure, constructed of strips of palm, machine sewn to cardbaord and sewn together. 34 x 45 x 24 cm.

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