Purse

Item

Title
Purse
Description
This purse depicts three animals within a desert landscape. The purse’s flap, which is adorned with beaded lattice strands, depicts a crown motif that may relate to marriage.
Identifier
2022.iitb.05
Date
ca. 1800-1820
Spatial Coverage
Mexico
Creator
Mexican
Format
purses
Medium
beads on silk and linen
Publisher
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/156689
Provenance
Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Dwight W. Morrow, Jr., Constance Morrow Morgan, and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1956
Rights
No Copyright - United States
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