Purse and coin purse

Museum number:
9-21222a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210921222a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.4291
Description:
Silk brocade, drawstring purse [A] and matching coin purse [B]. Fabric is woven into hexagon designs, with each hexagon containing a different pattern. Colors are geige, bronze, gray, mauve and cream. Base = rounded square covered with self fabric. Lined with silk and closed by a black silk cord run through gold-colored fittings. Purse: H = 18.5 cm, [base = 17.0 cm x 13.5 cm]; change purse: W = 13.5cm, H = 9 cm, D = 1 cm.
Donor:
Yoshiko Uchida
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan
Collector:
Yoshiko Uchida
Materials:
Brass (alloy) and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coin purses and Purses (drawstringed accessories)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
December 16, 1987
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Purse and coin purse, accession number 9-21222a,b, described as Silk brocade, drawstring purse [A] and matching coin purse [B]. Fabric is woven into hexagon designs, with each hexagon containing a different pattern. Colors are geige, bronze, gray, mauve and cream. Base = rounded square covered with self fabric. Lined with silk and closed by a black silk cord run through gold-colored fittings. Purse: H = 18.5 cm, [base = 17.0 cm x 13.5 cm]; change purse: W = 13.5cm, H = 9 cm, D = 1 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Purse and coin purse, accession number 9-21222a,b, described as Silk brocade, drawstring purse [A] and matching coin purse [B]. Fabric is woven into hexagon designs, with each hexagon containing a different pattern. Colors are geige, bronze, gray, mauve and cream. Base = rounded square covered with self fabric. Lined with silk and closed by a black silk cord run through gold-colored fittings. Purse: H = 18.5 cm, [base = 17.0 cm x 13.5 cm]; change purse: W = 13.5cm, H = 9 cm, D = 1 cm.

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