Coin Purse
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Title
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Coin Purse
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Description
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A beaded purse that depicts two, purple birds between a large tree and a bush with blue flowers. One bird sits on top of a column that is decorated with a garland of pink flowers. The other bird flies through the air with green leaves in its beaks. A long ribbon with green and black stripes is attached to the purse's flap.
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Identifier
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2022.iitb.19
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Date
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ca. 1820-1840
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Medium
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beads on linen and silk, with metal thread
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Provenance
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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
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Rights
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