Miser"s purse
notes: label: Description
content: A green and white crochet miser's purse with steel beads and ring. A miser’s purse has a long tubular shape, often with tassels or fringe on the ends. The midsection has a slit in it and two moving rings. When the rings are in the center, coins or other small objects can be dropped into either end. The rings are then slid down to close each end and nothing will fall out. This made it hard to get the coins out in a hurry and so the name “miser.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: made at
content: United States
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Victorian Needlework
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Sophronia W. Barbaro
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0238.19
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0238.19
label: accession number
content: 1988.0238
objectType: label: Object Name
content: purse, miser
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: embroidery (overall production method/technique)