- On View
- Power of Place Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Power of Place
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016
- Subject of
- Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
- Date
- 1941-1994
- Medium
- beads, metal, and satin
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (without strap): 6 1/4 x 8 x 1 1/2 in. (15.9 x 20.3 x 3.8 cm)
- H x W x D (including strap): 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm)
- Description
- Silver and grey beaded handbag with metal chain handle from Mae's Millinery Shop. The bag is rectangular with a flat bottom, with both sides and the bottom covered in seed and bugle beads in a design of alternating crosses and checkerboard squares set on point in silver and steel gray. The purse opens along the top with a silver hinged metal bar with a stylized floral design across the top bars. It closes at the center top with an interlocking pressure knob. A short chain link handle is attached at either end of one side of the top bar by metal loops. The interior of the bag is lined in white satin. There is one interior open top pocket. There are no labels.
- Place collected
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
- Classification
- Clothing - Fashion and Historical
- Type
- purses (bags)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Donna Limerick
- Object number
- 2016.48.12
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




