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Purse

19th century

Pile weave; wool

7 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (19.1 × 19.1 cm)
Gift of Sarah B. Sherrill in memory of her grandfather Charles H. Sherrill, B.A. 1889, and father, Gibbs W. Sherrill, B.A. 1931
2018.167.8
Geography: 
Turkmenistan
Status: 
Not on view
Culture: 
Turkmenistan
Period: 
19th century
Classification: 
Textiles
Provenance: 

Collected in Iran in 1975 by Sarah B. Sherill, New York; gifted in 2018 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

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