Purse

Museum number:
9-11096
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
65b (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
purse, woman's; satin, cotton, beads, sequins, imitation silver, mirrors, cotton thread; 19 cm length; 11 cm width
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Jaipur district, Rajasthan, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Rajasthan, Jaipur
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
October 1969
Materials:
Cloth (cloth materials sewn together, decorated w/ beads, mirrors, sequins, etc.)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Purses (drawstringed accessories)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
carried anytime by women to store money, thread, etc. made by women.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 11 centimeters and length 19 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Purse, accession number 9-11096, described as purse, woman's; satin, cotton, beads, sequins, imitation silver, mirrors, cotton thread; 19 cm length; 11 cm widthHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Purse, accession number 9-11096, described as purse, woman's; satin, cotton, beads, sequins, imitation silver, mirrors, cotton thread; 19 cm length; 11 cm width
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Purse, accession number 9-11096, described as purse, woman's; satin, cotton, beads, sequins, imitation silver, mirrors, cotton thread; 19 cm length; 11 cm width

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