Purse

Museum number:
1-71842
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Beaded; colored glass seed beads. Rectangular. With cover flap and carrying handle. Beaded fringe at bottom of cover in red, white, and clear beads. Geometric design in blue on clear background on front of purse. Four-squirrel design on back.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Shasta County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Shasta
Culture or time period:
Wintu
Collector:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Purses (drawstringed accessories)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 11.3 centimeters and width 10.4 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Purse, accession number 1-71842, described as Beaded; colored glass seed beads. Rectangular. With cover flap and carrying handle. Beaded fringe at bottom of cover in red, white, and clear beads. Geometric design in blue on clear background on front of purse. Four-squirrel design on back.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Purse, accession number 1-71842, described as Beaded; colored glass seed beads. Rectangular. With cover flap and carrying handle. Beaded fringe at bottom of cover in red, white, and clear beads. Geometric design in blue on clear background on front of purse. Four-squirrel design on back.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Purse, accession number 1-71842, described as Beaded; colored glass seed beads. Rectangular. With cover flap and carrying handle. Beaded fringe at bottom of cover in red, white, and clear beads. Geometric design in blue on clear background on front of purse. Four-squirrel design on back.

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