Coin purse with a beaded peacock design with the year 1943

Object | Accession Number: 2002.515.1

Date: 1943 (creation)
Classification: Dress Accessories
Category: Carried dress accessories
Object Type: Coin purses (lcsh)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ruth Hausen Sanchez

Physical Description: Rectangular small purse with an exterior constructed of multi-colored glass seed beads arranged to create the image of a peacock perched on a flowering branch with 1943 at the center top. Attached along three of the four edges is a border of white and red glass seed beads. The interior is divided by leather pockets.
Dimensions: overall : 3.500 x 4.500 in. (8.89 x 11.43 cm.)
Materials: overall : cloth, glass, leather
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The coin purse was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2002 by Ruth Hausen Sanchez.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2018-10-24 14:04:56
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