Turtle Woman's Purse
Artist
Anita Fields
(born 1951 Hominy, Oklahoma; lives Stillwater, Oklahoma)
Date1999
Mediumceramic, lace, and metal
Dimensionslarge ceramic purse: 5 7/8 × 8 1/8 × 3 1/2 in. (14.9 × 20.6 × 8.9 cm)
small ceramic purse: 5/8 × 1 3/4 × 1 7/8 in. (1.6 × 4.4 × 4.8 cm)
turtle: 5/8 × 1 3/4 × 2 1/4 in. (1.6 × 4.4 × 5.7 cm)
small ceramic purse: 5/8 × 1 3/4 × 1 7/8 in. (1.6 × 4.4 × 4.8 cm)
turtle: 5/8 × 1 3/4 × 2 1/4 in. (1.6 × 4.4 × 5.7 cm)
ClassificationsCeramic
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of the estate of Ruth and Sidney Schultz
Object numberPC2022.44.12.A-C
DescriptionA ceramic coin purse with a rose-on-black exterior, rose-colored interior, a golden clasp and carrying chain. The work includes a separate, smaller coin purse with white-flecked rose exterior and a golden clasp, as well as a small turtle made of white clay and incised with a spiral design on its back.On View
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