Coin Purse

Title (Dublin Core): Coin Purse
Description (Dublin Core): A beaded purse that depicts a landscape scene. In the foreground, a column sits in front of a tree and a bush. In the background, there are three cream houses with terracotta roofs. The purse’s flap depicts a basket filled with flowers.
Identifier (Dublin Core): 2022.iitb.18
Date (Dublin Core): ca. 1800-1820
Spatial Coverage (Dublin Core): Mexico
Creator (Dublin Core): Mexican
Format (Dublin Core): coin purses
Medium (Dublin Core): beads on silk, with metal thread
Subject (Dublin Core): beadwork (visual works); columns (architectural elements); Small houses; vegetation; flower (motif)
Publisher (Dublin Core): The Metropolitan Museum of Art; https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/156677
Provenance (Dublin Core): 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 (Dublin Core): No Copyright - United States