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Purse   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Purse
Object type Classification: NM3.2703
Description
English: Coin purse purse made from albatross foot in silver frame with kiss clasp; pale yellow, three claws still intact; probably made by a sailor for his sweetheart in the 19th century; albatross were traditionally considered by sailors as birds of good omen, in Coleridge’s poem ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’, the ship’s captain is plagued by bad luck after killing an albatross.
Date Unknown; Circa 1850; Victorian-Contemporary Age-European and British-art and design period
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width: 140mm

height: 158mm
institution QS:P195,Q758657
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9401 (object number)
Exhibition history Display: Gallery 2 Rua
Credit line Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, M1742
Notes Museum Tag: Bags
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