Coin purse

Museum number:
7-5136
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1988
Description:
Man's coin purse (kese za pari - "purse for gold coins"); 2 bags beaded with floral motifs and joined by red and green cotton thread in openwork weaving; 2 metal rings close the purse; 5.5 cm wide. Worn looped over belt. Made by men for selves or as gifts for friends. No longer in use. Previously used and made by both villagers and townsmen.
Donor:
Velimir Nikolov
Collection place:
Skopje, Skopje Region, Macedonia
Culture or time period:
Macedonian (modern culture)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coin purses
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Loans:
S1965-1966 #41: Department of Home Economics (UC Davis) (January 18, 1966–February 28, 1966) and S1980-1981 #33: Roberson Center (December 10, 1980–March 27, 1981)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Coin purse, accession number 7-5136, described as Man's coin purse (kese za pari - "purse for gold coins"); 2 bags beaded with floral motifs and joined by red and green cotton thread in openwork weaving; 2 metal rings close the purse; 5.5 cm wide. Worn looped over belt. Made by men for selves or as gifts for friends. No longer in use. Previously used and made by both villagers and townsmen.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin purse, accession number 7-5136, described as Man's coin purse (kese za pari - "purse for gold coins"); 2 bags beaded with floral motifs and joined by red and green cotton thread in openwork weaving; 2 metal rings close the purse; 5.5 cm wide. Worn looped over belt. Made by men for selves or as gifts for friends. No longer in use. Previously used and made by both villagers and townsmen.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin purse, accession number 7-5136, described as Man's coin purse (kese za pari - "purse for gold coins"); 2 bags beaded with floral motifs and joined by red and green cotton thread in openwork weaving; 2 metal rings close the purse; 5.5 cm wide. Worn looped over belt. Made by men for selves or as gifts for friends. No longer in use. Previously used and made by both villagers and townsmen.

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