Bag Pieces
ca. 1855-1879 (made)
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Parts of bags, pale blue silk satin with applied beetle-wing and flattened gold wire and silver wire. Decoration for bag, two sections on one piece.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Woven silk satin, applied beetle-wing (Indian Jewel Beetle Sternocera aequisignata (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), gold wire and silver wire |
| Brief description | Textile, two bag pieces, silk satin, applied beetle-wing, gold and silver wire, Bombay, ca. 1855-1879 |
| Physical description | Parts of bags, pale blue silk satin with applied beetle-wing and flattened gold wire and silver wire. Decoration for bag, two sections on one piece. |
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| Object history | Transferred from India Museum 1879. |
| Historical context | Intended for use as decorative sections for bags. |
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| Accession number | 9765:1/(IS) |
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| Record created | February 21, 2014 |
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