Purse Used by the Character Luisa in <i>The Fantasticks</i>
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Green velvet rectangular pouch with flap, long strap of same material, black cotton twill lining. Contains a plastic bag of white paper confetti and a brown plastic plum. Used by character, Luisa, in the scene, "This Plum is Too Ripe," in the first run of the musical, "The Fantasticks." The musical opened off-Broadway on May 3, 1960 and ran for 42 years (until 2002), making it the longest running musical in history.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Musical Theater
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John Krug
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0211.07.04
label: accession number
content: 2002.0211
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0211.07.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: purse
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, velvet (purse material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (confetti material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (plum material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 3/4 in x 10 in; 24.765 cm x 25.4 cm