Coin purse
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Coin purse

TitleCoin purse
Date1800–1820 19th century
Mediumglass, silk, paper
OriginMexican Mexican
Holding institutionThe Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit lineBrooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Dwight W. Morrow, Jr., Constance Morrow Morgan, and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1956
RightsPublic domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose.

Subjects: Ornithological plates

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