- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- grass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0400 a-c
- Description
- A large, flat, envelope like purse with woven black and natural coloured, diagonally checked, plaid. Two smaller purses inside. All three constructed the same, of diagonal weave with envelope like lid that slips over flat base. Natural coloured liner inside each, woven in signing twill pattern of w…
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- Title
- Purse Set
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- grass
- Dimensions
- 21.9 x 2.5 x 29.0 cm
- Description
- A large, flat, envelope like purse with woven black and natural coloured, diagonally checked, plaid. Two smaller purses inside. All three constructed the same, of diagonal weave with envelope like lid that slips over flat base. Natural coloured liner inside each, woven in signing twill pattern of wider strands, with finer weave collar protruding above outer base of purse. Each purse has band of interlocking black and natural triangles around lip of base. (a) large, outer purse, completely covered with diagonal checked plaid pattern of large, 5.0 cm checks. (b) smaller purse inside, covered with same plaid as outer, but smaller, 2.5 cm checks. (c) smaller purse inside, plain, natural coloured, diagonal weave, with exception of band around lip which is covered when cap is on.
- Subject
- households
- travel
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0400 a-c
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