A collection of beaded bags and evening bags including a drawstring purse embroidered in silver and turquoise coloured beads with hanging pendants; another of plum velvet embroidered with silk knotwork cones under prayer arches outlined with cut steel beads; and another embroidered with gold coloured beads in the shape of a pin wheel with a red facetted bead at the centre, dating from the mid 19th century

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A collection of beaded bags and evening bags including a drawstring purse embroidered in silver and turquoise coloured beads with hanging pendants; another of plum velvet embroidered with silk knotwork cones under prayer arches outlined with cut steel beads; and another embroidered with gold coloured beads in the shape of a pin wheel with a red facetted bead at the centre, dating from the mid 19th century

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