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1957.183

ID Number: 1957.183
Category: Personal Artifacts
Sub-category: personal gear
Item Name: purse
Materials: TEXTILE, TAFFETA VELVET
Measurements: overall: 7 in x 7 1/2 in
Description: beadwork on black velvet; cloth handle; taffeta frill on top; bead fringe loops on bottom; two flaps; one small pocket' one large pocket, lined; multi-coloured floral design; fringed
History: This beaded bag was given to George Macdonald by Margaret Gow in 1946. She remarked in an accompanying letter that the "Indian pouch has been in our house as long as I remember." Miss Gow lived in the first house west of St. Andrew's Pres. Church on Park St. West.
Collection Name: Museum Windsor
Subject (Fre): Y

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Gow, Margaret person

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