Purse Item Number: Ch21 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Purse with wide black bands and narrow red and green stripes in a plaid pattern as well as black and white concentric diamonds in bands. A silver metallic thread runs crosswise over the bag at intervals. The front of the bag has orange, green, yellow, burgundy, black, red, blue, and silver pompoms attached in a symmetrical pattern. The strap, with parallel bands of black, red, blue, orange, yellow, green, pink, silver, and burgundy, is sewn to the sides of the bag from the base where the ends are left unfinished for a length.
History Of Use
Made and used by women. They are worn on special occasions and festivals such as Easter.
Cultural Context
carrying
Item History
- Made in Ukraine before 1978
- Owned by Maria Yasegn before November 2, 1978
- Received from Maria Yasegn (Donor) on November 2, 1978
What
- Name
- Purse
- Identification Number
- Ch21
- Type of Item
- purse
- Material
- wool fibre, metal, cotton fibre, dye and plastic
- Manufacturing Technique
- woven and sewn
- Overall
- height 21.5 cm, width 27.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Hutsul
- Previous Owner
- Maria Yasegn
- Received from
- Maria Yasegn (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Ukraine
When
- Creation Date
- before 1978
- Ownership Date
- before November 2, 1978
- Acquisition Date
- on November 2, 1978
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0493/0004