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Roundish piece of gnarled wood w/ top cut for lid and interior carved-out. Hangs by string from rustic length of wood w/ hole at one end and hollowed out section at other.
purses (ladies' accessories)
boxes (containers)
accessories
string (fiber product)
wood (plant material)
String
PURSE
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
8.5 x 5 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.372
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