PURSE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- EVENING BAG
- Date Range From
- 1910
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Materials
- COTTON, GLASS BEADS, PLASTIC (IMITATION IVORY)
- Catalogue Number
- P19900009001
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- EVENING BAG
- Date Range From
- 1910
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Materials
- COTTON, GLASS BEADS, PLASTIC (IMITATION IVORY)
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 31.4
- Width
- 13
- Description
- BEADED COTTON CLOTH EVENING BAG WITH RING HANDLES OF IMITATION IVORY. PURSE IS BEADED WITH FLOWER & GEOMETRIC DESIGNS IN COLORS ON A BACKGROUND OF WHITE BEADS. BEADED TASSELS OR FRINGE ALONG BOTTOM. APPEAR TO BE GLASS BEADS. TEAR APP. 6CM ON ONE SIDE OF BEADS; SMALL TEAR AT TOP OF OPPOSITE SIDE.
- Subjects
- PERSONAL GEAR
- Historical Association
- PERSONAL CARE
- DECORATIVE ARTS
- History
- GIVEN TO DONOR BY STEP-FATHER IN MID 1940'S FOLLOWING HIS MARRIAGE TO HER MOTHER IN 1943. DONOR'S MOTHER MARRIED T.R. NICHOLLS FORMER CITY OF LETHBRIDGE POLICE CHIEF FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF HER FIRST HUSBAND, J.W. WATKIN. PURSE WAS ORIGINALLY USED BY T.R. NICHOLLS FIRST WIFE & DONOR BELIEVES MADE FOR HER BY MEMBER OF BLOOD TRIBE OF ALBERTA. SEE ATTACHED LETTER FOR FURTHER HISTORY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19900009001
- Acquisition Date
- 1990-03
- Collection
- Museum
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