Handbag created from a gourd with hand carved geometric and textural designs
- Title
- Handbag created from a gourd with hand carved geometric and textural designs
- LC Subject
- handbags
- Donor
- Figueroa, Dawn L.
- Description
- Handbag created from a gourd with hand carved geometric and textural designs; flat back; leather trim and leather strap; snap closure at top; lined in black and fuchsia cotton with a vibrant floral print. This is a traditional art that women of Tobago use as a source of income.
- Provenance
- This handbag was purchased by Terese Spears while she travelled to Tobago. Terese purchased a number of these gourd bags which she re-sold at her shop in Boulder, Colorado where Dawn Figueroa worked. Dawn purchased this handbag for approximately $20.00 in the 1990's.
- Motif
- Floral print Geometric design
- Work Type
- handbags
- Date
- 1990/1999
- Identifier
- 2019.013.001
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Gourd Leather Cotton
- Technique
- Hand carved Hand-made from a gourd Re-purposed
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University