Lizard skin purse

Museum number:
18-264
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2028
Description:
Lizard handbag with stitched edge; front half of a lizard part of specimen. Contemporary tourist item. Width 10 1/4 inches.
Donor:
James P. Heath and Ruth Mary Heath
Collection place:
Malaysia
Culture or time period:
Malaysian
Collector:
James P. Heath and Ruth Mary Heath
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Lizard skin purse, accession number 18-264, described as Lizard handbag with stitched edge; front half of a lizard part of specimen. Contemporary tourist item. Width 10 1/4 inches.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Lizard skin purse, accession number 18-264, described as Lizard handbag with stitched edge; front half of a lizard part of specimen. Contemporary tourist item. Width 10 1/4 inches.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Lizard skin purse, accession number 18-264, described as Lizard handbag with stitched edge; front half of a lizard part of specimen. Contemporary tourist item. Width 10 1/4 inches.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Lizard skin purse, accession number 18-264, described as Lizard handbag with stitched edge; front half of a lizard part of specimen. Contemporary tourist item. Width 10 1/4 inches.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Lizard skin purse, accession number 18-264, described as Lizard handbag with stitched edge; front half of a lizard part of specimen. Contemporary tourist item. Width 10 1/4 inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Lizard skin purse, accession number 18-264, described as Lizard handbag with stitched edge; front half of a lizard part of specimen. Contemporary tourist item. Width 10 1/4 inches.

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