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Monedera, purse, gray with black and brown zoomorphic and geometric designs, many tufts of decorative bright multicolored wool
Monedera, purse, gray with black and brown zoomorphic and geometric designs, many tufts of decorative bright multicolored wool
Object Number 2013.24.125
Display Title Monedera, purse, gray with black and brown zoomorphic and geometric designs, many tufts of decorative bright multicolored wool
Descriptions
Object Description Monedera or purse, shaped knitted, wool, natural gray, black and brown, tufts of colored wool added, charming piece.
Inventory Description Monedera, purse, natural gray knitted wool with black and brown zoomorphic and geometric designs, many tufts of decorative bright multicolored wool added
Classification
  • Purse
Department Ethnographic
Date 1950 or earlier
Culture
  • Bolivian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Bolivia
Materials Wool , Dye
Dimensions Overall: 27 × 16 cm (10 5/8 × 6 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2013.24.125; 154
Credit Line Gift of Mary Dodge Cobb in memory of Bertha Sanford (Wiener) Dodge and Carroll William Dodge, who together collected these textiles
Provenance
Collector Bertha Sanford Dodge
Collector Carroll William Dodge
Donor Donated by Mary Dodge Cobb

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