Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1949.494 A-C: 'Three purses made from aloe fibre. / A-B: round, made from coiled work. / C: sausage shaped, looped.'

Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
Hand-written, water resistant label tied to 1949.494 A-B with string: '3 Portemonnaie / Cuernavaca.'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Related Documents)
Circular label: 'Purse / Cuernavaca / 1904.'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Field collection)
Collected by Hans Gadow in 1904.
Event Date 1904
Author: maa

Context (References)
Gadow, Hans. 1908. Through Southern Mexico: Being an Account of the Travels of a Naturalist. London: Witherby & Co.
Event Date 1908
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Sarah-Jane Harknett: 'Two bands of coloured stripes.'
Event Date 21/3/2000
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Portemonnaie or purse made from woven aloe fibres. Cylindrical, coiled fibre body, closed at one end and with an open neck; decorated with two yellow, purple, blue and brown striped bands.
Event Date 30/6/2021
Author: Katrina Dring