Seed purse-necklace

NameSeed purse-necklace

Artist Artist unrecorded

Place madeNorth America

MediumSeeds, newspaper, cotton thread

DimensionsOverall: 37 13/16 x 5 1/8 x 13/16 in. (96 x 13 x 2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, gift of Eric Zafran, FA.2010.97.23

Object numberFA.2010.97.23

DescriptionSmall rectangular pouch with flap hangs from a long seed necklace. The pouch has seed tassles at the bottom corners and loops of seed strands attach it at the top corners to the necklace. Inside the pouch is a folded section of the Sunday, December 21, 1919, San Francisco Chronicle.