Geldbeutel. Kultur: Mexikanische. Datum: 1790-1810. Die stilisierte Doppeladler hier gesehen ist eine Konventionalisierte Bild; andere Bilder angezeigt werden, frei zu sein - form Kreationen des Herstellers. Der text an der Grenze übersetzt etwa: "Ich diene meinem kleinen Vater [Senor?] Dn Jose Kegel [?] Ares", eine humorvolle Self-Verweis auf den Geldbeutel und seinen Besitzer. Der Geldbeutel ist ein Teil der mexikanischen beadwork Sammlung von über 600 Stück montiert von Elizabeth Morrow (1873-1955), Mutter der Schriftstellerin Anne Morrow Lindbergh, die Frau des berühmten Flieger Charles Lindbergh. Morgen gesammelt, die Objekte zwischen 1927 und 1930,
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Coin purse. Culture: Mexican. Date: 1790-1810. The stylized double-headed eagle seen here is a conventionalized image; other images appear to be free-form creations of the maker. The text on the border roughly translates as: "I serve my little father the [senor?] Dn Jose Cone[?]ares, " a humorous self-reference to the coin purse and its owner. The purse is part of the Mexican beadwork collection of over 600 pieces assembled by Elizabeth Morrow (1873-1955), mother of writer Anne Morrow Lindbergh, the wife of renowned aviator Charles Lindbergh. Morrow collected the objects between 1927 and 1930, when her husband, Dwight Morrow, Sr., served as U.S. ambassador to Mexico. She lent the collection to the Brooklyn Museum in 1938 and upon her death, her children donated it. A collection of 155 pieces of Mexican ceramics and other decorative arts were given to Amherst College, her husband's alma mater. Mrs. Morrow collected Mexican beadwork, along with other examples of colonial and native arts, to decorate their country home in Cuernavaca in order to promote a more peaceful image of that country through its works. The Morrows sought to overturn the perception of post-revolutionary Mexico as a violent and unstable nation by highlighting the richness and diversity of its colonial, folk, and contemporary art. Glass beads were originally imported to New Spain (Mexico) from Italian and Asian sources via Spanish colonial trade routes. By the early part of the nineteenth century, Spain had suffered the loss of almost all of its colonies and with the succeeding establishment of free trade British ships undertook the importation of beads to Mexico. Many of the design influences on the bags and cases in the collection came from Europe; patterns for beadwork designs came from contemporary fashion publications such as "La Dama Elegante.". Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.