Purse
Item number 811/12 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Embroidered and beaded wallet-style purse, long and narrow in shape, with a triangular flap at one end. The outside is embellished with panels of predominantly red embroidery representing flowers, leaves and vines, worked on a green fibre broadcloth background and edged with couched silver metallic threads. The wallet is edged with multi-coloured glass beads. The inside of the wallet is divided into two compartments, each closed with a flap, plus one long inner compartment that extends the full length of the purse. The embroidery on the inside is the same style as on the outside. The flaps are edged with multi-coloured embroidery. The compartments are lined with machine-printed textiles.
History Of Use
Used to carry money, valuables and documents. The wallet folds to form a pocket-sized rectangle, secured by the triangular flap. Remnants of thread on the flap suggest that there may once have been a button and loop closure.
Narrative
Collected by Allice Legat while she was doing anthropological field work in Afghanistan. Similar in style to examples shown in 'Afghan Embroidery' and 'Traditional Textiles of Central Asia,' identified as “Pashtun nomad" objects.
Item History
- Made in Ghazni, Afghanistan
- Collected by Allice Legat in Ghazni, Afghanistan during 1977
- Owned by Allice Legat before June 21, 1982
- Received from Allice Legat (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Shop Volunteers (Funding source) on June 21, 1982
What
- Name
- Purse
- Identification Number
- 811/12
- Type of Item
- purse
- Material
- cotton fibre ?, rayon fibre ?, dye, wool fibre ?, metal, glass and silk fibre ?
- Manufacturing Technique
- sewn, embroidered and beaded
- Overall
- height 30.5 cm, width 12.0 cm, depth 1.5 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Ghazni, Afghanistan
- Collected in
- Ghazni, Afghanistan
Who
- Culture
- Pashtun ?
- Field Collector
- Allice Legat
- Previous Owner
- Allice Legat
- Received from
- Allice Legat (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Shop Volunteers (Funding source)
When
- Collection Date
- during 1977
- Ownership Date
- before June 21, 1982
- Acquisition Date
- on June 21, 1982
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles; beadwork
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 108
- Accession Number
- 0811/0012
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