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Beaded zip coin purse — rosette/sunburst medallion pattern
Object/Artifact
Small flat rectangular coin purse densely surfaced in rounded plastic beads over fabric, with a top zipper (tan/beige tape, metal pull). The beadwork forms a row of large circular rosette/sunburst medallions (yellow centers ringed in red) linked by black zigzag/lattice motifs, over a ground of ivory, cream, and pale-yellow beads with a black-and-red dotted upper border. Back not shown. Beadwork largely intact with minor soiling; zipper functional.
2025.1.375
Belonged to Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez
A mid-20th-century novelty beaded coin/cosmetic purse of molded-plastic seed beads sewn over cloth — a type widely produced and exported from Eastern Europe (and Japan) in the 1950s–60s, comparable examples dated to the 1960s.
The Cabrera Arús family collection
Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez collecition
2025.1
Date: circa 1960s; tentative (consistent with the type; within the collection period as an import). Place: Poland (tentative)
8 cm
14 cm
0.8 cm
Beaded body (front/back panels over fabric) with top zipper with pull.
Beads
Fabric
Molded plastic beads on woven fabric backing; plastic zipper. Bead material plastic (mid-century type).
Good
Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez
owner
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
use, acquisition
Type confirmed (mid-century plastic-bead zip coin purse; 1960s comparables on Etsy/1stDibs). Poland origin not corroborated.