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Object Number
991-12-60/15028
Display Title
Gold Nugget-Shaped Embroidered Red Silk Purse with Silk Tassels
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Yes (Chinese name)
Object Description
Gold nugget-shaped red silk purse. Satin stitch embroidered bats (two on each side) multi-colored with couched gold and silver outline. Swastikas over all the bats. Orange silk tassels with braided endless knot symbol. Yellow lining. Cotton filling. <transliteration> (Chinese name). Purse: 13 cm. (w) x 7.5 cm. (l) x 3 cm. (d); tassels: 16 cm. (l).
Inventory Description
Bag, red silk, shape is outline of embroidered and applique blue bats
Classification
- Bag
Department
Ethnographic
Date
late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
China
Dimensions
Overall: 12.2 x 7.2 x 3.3 cm (4 13/16 x 2 13/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
991-12-60/15028
Provenance
Collector
Sarah Pike Conger
(1898 - 1905)
Donor
Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell
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