Purse

Museum number:
2-72552
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020072552
Alternate number:
EC-90 (temporary number)
Accession number:
Acc.4787
Description:
Small rawhide change purse, shaped as a half circle, beaded on one side with a white flower, orange center and 3 green leaves, and on the other with a blue and yellow flower, on a green stem with 2 green leaves.
Donor:
Elizabeth Colson
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
North America, NW Coast, Haida?
Culture or time period:
Haida
Collector:
Elizabeth Colson
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Purses (drawstringed accessories)
Accession date:
September 9, 2011
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 10.5 centimeters and width 6.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Purse, accession number 2-72552, described as Small rawhide change purse, shaped as a half circle, beaded on one side with a white flower, orange center and 3 green leaves, and on the other with a blue and yellow flower, on a green stem with 2 green leaves.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Purse, accession number 2-72552, described as Small rawhide change purse, shaped as a half circle, beaded on one side with a white flower, orange center and 3 green leaves, and on the other with a blue and yellow flower, on a green stem with 2 green leaves.

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