- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Handmade paper wallet [1996.17.166.1] and purse [1996.17.166.2]. [MJD 24/05/2010]
- Long description
- Handmade paper wallet [.1] and purse [.2] made of the same patterned paper; dark purple with inter-linking brown circles decorating the surface. The insides are white. The wallet and purse are in a white cardboard box with a piece of foxing handmade paper wrapped around the outside. Inside of the box is a folded piece of paper [.3] with writing and an illustration of people making paper. [MJD 24/05/2010] Both the wallet and the purse are made of the same patterned paper; purple with interlinking brown circles decorating the surface. The insides are white. The wallet and purse are in a white cardboard box with a piece of foxing handmade paper wrapped around the outside. Inside of the box is a folded piece of paper with writing and an illustration of people making paper.
- Cultural groups
- Japanese
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1996
- Date collected
- By 1996
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 02/1996
- Materials and processes
- Material Paper Plant, Material Pigment, Process Glued, Process Stamped
- Dimensions
- Length 109 mm, Width 90 mm, Width 68 mm, Length 177 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1996.17.166.1 Accession number: 1996.17.166.2 Accession number: 1996.17.166.3
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