Handbag

2010-11-27

From: China

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 2010-11-27
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience China
Section Asian
Materials Fiber | Wood | Cloth
Inscription Language Chinese Language
Description

Handbag with Chinese characters in handle. Woven fiber bag. Flat, rectangular bottom with rounded edges and straight sides and rounded rim. Handle consists of string that pinches both short sides and has two (one on each long side) rectangular wooden handles. Both have painted writing on handle. White design, one with writing. Both sides have character in darker fiber. Striped white and blue cloth lines on interior.

Height 19 cm
Length 21.5 cm
Width 8 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2010

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