Bag

Museum number:
9-22566
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4416
Description:
rectangular embroidered velvet bag. each side embroidered with geometric bands and floral motifs in magenta, white, aqua and yellow. finished with magenta cord and 9 magenta and aqua tassels; 3 magenta cords, each 28 cm long are attached with a pompom of magenta and aqua to a single cord that also ends in a pompom (appears to be decorative vice functional)
Donor:
Elizabeth Rees and Estate of Mabel Nelson Murray
Collection place:
Iran (Persia)
Verbatim coll. place:
Iran
Culture or time period:
Iranian
Collector:
Mabel Nelson Murray
Collection date:
1924-1938
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bags (generic containers) and Embroidery (visual works)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Context of use:
accessory
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 17.5 centimeters and length 21.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bag, accession number 9-22566, described as rectangular embroidered velvet bag. each side embroidered with geometric bands and floral motifs in magenta, white, aqua and yellow. finished with magenta cord and 9 magenta and aqua tassels; 3 magenta cords, each 28 cm long are attached with a pompom of magenta and aqua to a single cord that also ends in a pompom (appears to be decorative vice functional)Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bag, accession number 9-22566, described as rectangular embroidered velvet bag. each side embroidered with geometric bands and floral motifs in magenta, white, aqua and yellow. finished with magenta cord and 9 magenta and aqua tassels; 3 magenta cords, each 28 cm long are attached with a pompom of magenta and aqua to a single cord that also ends in a pompom (appears to be decorative vice functional)

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