bag(a pair); purse(a pair) BM-As1905-0518.91.a-b

Period:Unknown Production date:1905 (circa?)
Materials:silk, metal, glass,
Technique:satin, couched, tablet-woven, wrapped,

Dimensions:Length: 10 centimetres (each) Length: 60 centimetres (whole item) Width: 11.50 centimetres (at widest point)

Description:
Two bags, with tie to attach to belt. Identically sized semi-circular bags made from dark blue satin silk cloth with drawstring. Couched motifs on all four faces, including crutch and gourd and two bats; worked in gold- and silver-coloured metal-wrapped thread. Bags linked together with lime green silk tape (tablet woven). Six pink glass beads encase sections of tape, held in place by white, blue and black wrapped threads. Same tape and decoration used for drawstring.
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