Evening Purse

Unknown Chinese, Chinese

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1960s

Gold bugle beads, gold brocade, yellow rayon taffeta, metal, and gold chain

Overall: 4 1/2 × 9 1/4 in. (11.4 × 23.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Elizabeth and Lane Dwinell, Class of 1928, Tuck 1929

988.3.26918

Geography

Place Made: China, East Asia, Asia

Period

20th century

Object Name

Personal Gear: Purse

Research Area

Asia

Not on view

Inscriptions

Label: "Walbaeg, Handmade in Hong Kong"

Provenance

Elizabeth and Lane Dwinell; given to present collection, 1988.

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