Coin purse; silk, metal wrapped yarns; knotted netting; embroidered, blue ground, varicolored floral designs; 2 tassels, ring in center, 17 3/4 inches long, including tassels.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Asia
Verbatim coll. place:
Asia; attr.
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1909
Materials:
Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coin purses and Embroidery (visual works)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements and 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers