Sek Dong Jumuni
date: label: date made
content: 1975
notes: label: Description
content: Small rounded silk purse, with pink drawstring, called a durujumeoni in Korean. Narrow striped fabric in white, navy, red, green, hot pink and yellow; fabric runs vertically. Purse has open arched top edged w/pink cording. Striped fabric continues inside throat of purse for 4" where a sheer red lining continues to bottom. Base of purse is 1.75" wide and lined with white stiffener which narrows going up the sides to the drawstring. Edges of purse base also decorated with pink cording. Pink drawstring approx. 3" from top and exits on both sides of purse for tightening. Drawstring, on both sides, ends with a loop design, followed by two small wooden dowels approx. 0.75" long. One dowel covered in green and pink w/a green thread design and the other with yellow and pink with a pink thread design. Pink and green self-fringe is 3.25" long.
label: Description
content: According to donor Bill Kim, Mary purchased it in 1975 from Meong-Dong, Seoul when she visited first time since she left Korea. She carried the purse for the Asian Museum gala in 2003 and other occasions when she wore Hanbok. Referred to as a "fortune pouch." An oral history was conducted with these donors. An unedited transcript of this oral history is available for scholarly research through the Archives Center of the National Museum of American History. The collection is "Family of Voices Oral History Project" and it is collection number AC 1365. http://americanhistory.si.edu/family-of-voices/individuals/bill-and-mary-kim
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: South Korea
topic: label: general subject association
content: Asian
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Bill and Mary Kim
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0286.16
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0286.16
label: accession number
content: 2015.0286
objectType: label: Object Name
content: purse
label: Object Type
content: Woman
label: Object Type
content: Purse
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: synthetic fibers (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 8 in x 2 in; 20.32 cm x 20.32 cm x 5.08 cm