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Description: | black rayon velvet, hand-embroidered with coloured glass beads, narrow rectangular base, stiffened convex front and back with curved sides; stiffened side pieces of less dense velvet; part lozenge shaped flap; velvet loop handle with white beads in diaper; handle ends under tube of velvet edged with white heads and decorated with rows of five white beads; base with similar decoration; back with two face to face peacocks, bodies and heads in purple wool, eyes and beaks in orange cotton, outline, wings and feet in white beads, half open tails in green beads with white bead details and pearl ‘eyes’; fan of green beads between peacocks with ‘sun’ with rays of white beads, each ending in facetted sequin, pearl centre; ground with diaper of white beads; edged pearls between white beads; front with fan between two leafy sprays all in white beads, edge of white beads; flap with triangle of three wheels on stalks, crow’s foot above, all in white beads, pearls at centres
lining: black faille (probably rayon) with pocket at back
fastening: press stud, a gift to donor from her husband, John Watson (1938 – 1998). He was in the RAF and bought this for her, while on a tour of duty, at Mizera (Messera), near Christmas Island, south of Indonesia in the Indian Ocean. The two qualities of velvet and the creasing of the lining suggests that this bag is a re-use of western materials for the tourist market.
Accession number: NCMG 2003-33 | Subjects: | beadwork carried accessories | Temporal: | 1966 | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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