Native American Coin Purse

Title: Native American Coin Purse
Description: A coin purse with a white cotton fabric base of approximately 3 inches by 4 inches when laid flat. With a silver zipper across its opening, there is a butterfly imprinted into the zipper pull. There is a blue plastic inner lining and this is decorated in individually sewn beads on each side. The beads are primarily white, with black, mint, red and yellow as well. There is one colorful eagle pattern outlined in black in the beads on the middle of each side, with two yellow and red (with one mint bead) flowers on the upper corners of the coin purse. There is a row of small red flowers with yellow centers along the bottom spine of the coin purse and two teepees made where the structure is made of mint beads and filled in with red beads. The pattern is identical on each side. There is a small red stain near the zipper and also a small portion of white string extending from the zipper area.
Date Entered Collection: 1960
Creator: Unknown, Handmade, Retained for 40+ Years in Upstate New York (Creation Year and True Origin Unknown)
Medium: Beading, Fabric, Metal Zipper, Plastic Lining, Thread
Extent: 2221_MUSE340
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