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1944.9.67

Purse embroidered with gilt fishes.

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1944.9.67

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Collection type
Object
Description
Purse embroidered with gilt fishes.
Geographical reference
China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China
Person
Field collector Duncan MacPherson
PRM source Mary Louisa Sturrock
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1841
Date collected
circa 1841
Acquisition information
Donated: 1944
Materials and processes
Material Gilt Metal, Material Silk Textile Animal, Process Embroidered, Process Woven
Dimensions
Length x Width: max 115 x 80 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1944.9.67
Research and responses

Mrs W.D. Sturrock undoubtedly refers to Mary Macpherson, wife of William Duncan Sturrock (1880 - 1942) See biographies database for further details [L.Ph 26/3/2004]

Search terms: Bag, Currency, Purse

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