Women’s beaded silver handbag

Title
Women’s beaded silver handbag
Year/Period
c. 1950s-1960s
Region
Singapore
Material
Silver
Dimension
Object size: 14 x 22.7 x 2.8 cm Not including chain handle
Accession No.
2006-00439
Collection of
National Museum of Singapore

This is a women’s beaded silver handbag. Such handbags were popular with Singaporean women in the 1950s and 1960s.

 

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