Purse

Museum number:
18-1545
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3921
Description:
Purse; white seed beads with horizontal bands of red or black seed beads over foundation of checker plaited palm leaf material; several rust silk thread tassels; brass bell on either side; between foundation and outside is layer of gold-color paper; handle of tubular white shell beads and blue, red, etc. glass beads; brass bar in center of handle. 19 x 16 cm.
Donor:
Bernard G. Saunders
Collection place:
Borneo, Indonesia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Plaited weaving
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
April 1, 1984
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Purse, accession number 18-1545, described as Purse; white seed beads with horizontal bands of red or black seed beads over foundation of checker plaited palm leaf material; several rust silk thread tassels; brass bell on either side; between foundation and outside is layer of gold-color paper; handle of tubular white shell beads and blue, red, etc. glass beads; brass bar in center of handle. 19 x 16 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Purse, accession number 18-1545, described as Purse; white seed beads with horizontal bands of red or black seed beads over foundation of checker plaited palm leaf material; several rust silk thread tassels; brass bell on either side; between foundation and outside is layer of gold-color paper; handle of tubular white shell beads and blue, red, etc. glass beads; brass bar in center of handle. 19 x 16 cm.

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