Coin Purse

Item

Title
Coin Purse
Description
This coin purse depicts two lions facing a grape plant in a pot. The lions and the grape plant are surrounded by small, yellow and green flowers.
Identifier
2022.iitb.06
Date
ca. 1790-1810
Spatial Coverage
Mexico
Creator
Mexican
Format
coin purses
Medium
beads on silk, with metal clasp
Publisher
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/156682
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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