Bag; silk; metal beads; ground completely covered w/insect and geometric designs; varicolored; fringed; grey damask lining; 61/2 x 10 3/4" doubled. Evening bag for dress occasions. In comment column says: "May be Iran." I doubt this (B.Busch 1977) - Western Europe seems most likely.
Donor:
The Dodson Family
Collection place:
Europe
Verbatim coll. place:
Europe unsp.
Culture or time period:
European
Collector:
Ethelwyn Dodson
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bags (generic containers)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1962
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)