Wedding purse

Title

Wedding purse

Date

1950/1999

Description

Uzbekistan Wedding bag or purse. Cotton cloth, rectangular, with rounded base. Knitted applique band at top/opening of blue, brown, white, and gold triangular motif. Beaded fringe at top, bottom, and horizontally along mid-point. Body of bag woven with green, pink, gold, purple/magenta horizontal ombre stripes. Strap of woven yellow and dark green. Unlined. 5 ¾" wide x 8 7/8" long; 9 ½" long strap as it hangs.
1 purse

Subject

Social Life and Customs - Clothing
Bags (costume accessories)

Source

The Portal to Texas History

Relation

https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1639113/small/

Type

image

References

https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1639113/

Citation

“Wedding purse,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed August 9, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/37551.

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