Purse,used for carrying Maria Theresa Dollars (a currency no longer used).

Collection type: Object
Description: Purse,used for carrying Maria Theresa Dollars (a currency no longer used).
Long description: Purse, white, black, orange, maroon, blue and metallic silver in colour. Twined, braided and tasselled. Used for carrying Maria Theresa Dollars (a currency no longer used). The main body and the handle of the purse is made out of wrapped cotton strips twined together. The twining is arranged in metallic silver, maroon, orange, black and blue bands, while the tassels hanging from the base are white. What looks like the other end of the tassel material forms four loops at the opening of the purse.
Geographical reference: Oman
Asia > Western Asia > Oman; Ash Sharqiyah Wadi Sarin
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Gigi Crocker Jones; PRM source Gigi Crocker Jones
Date / Period: Date made: Before 2003
Date collected: By 2003
Acquisition information: Donated: 2003
Materials and processes: Material Pigment, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Yarn Metallic, Process Braided, Process Dyed
Dimensions: Width 32 mm, Length 220 mm including braids and handle
Object numbers: Accession number: 2003.9.146 Other numbers: Field collector's catalogue number: Textile 226

Search terms: Currency, Bag, Purse

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