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Culture:Cuban
Title:purse
Date Made:1945
Type:Personal Equipment
Materials:textile: brown leather
Place Made:Cuba
Measurements:overall: 8 x 14 1/4 x 1 1/2 in.; 20.32 x 36.195 x 3.81 cm
Accession Number:  HD 1999.11.9
Credit Line:Gift of Cathleen C. Esleeck
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Not on view

Description:
Woman's large rectangular purse or bag, of brown alligator. Purchased for Cathleen Clare Esleeck by her husband Irving N. Esleeck, Jr. while he was in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba during World War II.

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