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[Adjunct Temple]

Description: Photograph of an adjunct temple in the Yakushiji Temple Complex of Nara, Japan. In the foreground, two stone lanterns (ishidoros) are visible. The temple is visible behind the lanterns. Trees are visible in the right background.
Date: 1978
Creator: Gough, Ray

Alligator handbag

Description: Satchel-style handbag of brown alligator. Single handle with gold-tone fixtures. Rectangular frame is gold-tone at back and inverted in brown leather at front; gold-tone flip clip closure in belt with buckle motif. Lined in taupe vinyl with two slip pockets and one zipper pocket. Stored in drawstring dust bag of tan fabric. "Made in Italy" stamped into brass frame of opening. Measurements: 31cm L, 16.5cm H (including closure, not strap), 8cm W
Date: 1970

Alligator handbag

Description: Handbag of black alligator. Rectangular shape with pleated bottom; single contoured handle of matching alligator backed in black leather. Flap closure has double scallop with over strap passing through a loop; hidden snap closure under strap and loop. Lined in black leather; zipper pocket and two patch pockets piped in gold. Measurements: Width: 8 1/4" Height: 6 1/2", without handle: Height: 10 1/2", with handle: Depth: 3"
Date: 1970/1979

American flag shoes

Description: Pair of shoes made of white leather and red and blue suede. Styled in a way reminiscent of bowling shoes, the white leather shoes have rounded toes, and red suede overlays at toe box, upwards in a strip from toebox to vamp, and around lower part of heel. Blue suede overlay stripes at side have star-shaped cut-outs to allow white leather to show through. Blue suede edging at top of upper and top of heel. Shoes lace-up at front, 5 holes per side. White shoe laces. Shoes are "flats", with 3/4" hig… more
Date: 1970/1979
Creator: Flings

Applique dress

Description: Sundress of white cotton with colorful floral applique and embroidery in blues, orange, pink, and green depicting morning glories and daisies on bodice and pockets; fit and flare silhouette in tea length, short flutter sleeves, yoke at center front with light blue piping, princess seams, bodice coming to a point at natural waistline, large patch pockets at hips, piping along skirt, center back zipper, unlined. Label: Moonglow
Date: 1974/1979
Creator: Johnson, Nancy

Bandeau top

Description: Woman's bandeau top of white linen and battenburg tape lace. Plain weave white linen with hand-worked tape lace with various filling techniques: inc. spiral, net, and faggoting. Styled with lace at front ruffle and lower edge. Top is strapless with straight upper edge with elasticized back. Lace ruffle at upper front. Left side separating plastic zipper. Labels: "Becky Bisoulis", "10" tag, and "Marie Leavell".
Date: 1975/1979
Creator: Bisoulis, Becky

Beaded dress

Description: Evening gown of magenta chiffon beaded in red bugle beads. Large accent of purple, turquoise and magenta sequined leaves down the center front and back of the gown, as well as smaller leaf accents on the sleeves. Maxi length with asymmetric hemline and irregular, dripping hem. Dress is trimmed in extensive bugle bead fringe at shoulders and below hips. Inverted V-shaped neckline has ½” sequined straps extending from trim around top of gown; deep V-shaped back. Handkerchief styled sleeves have i… more
Date: 1975/1979
Creator: Mackie, Bob

Beaded evening dress

Description: Evening gown of magenta chiffon beaded in red bugle beads. Large accent of purple, turquoise and magenta sequined leaves down the center front and back of the gown, as well as smaller leaf accents on the sleeves. Maxi length with asymmetric hemline and irregular, dripping hem. Dress is trimmed in extensive bugle bead fringe at shoulders and below hips. Inverted V-shaped neckline has ½” sequined straps extending from trim around top of gown; deep V-shaped back. Handkerchief styled sleeves have i… more
Date: 1970/1979
Creator: Mackie, Bob

Beaded evening dress

Description: Evening gown of teal chiffon beaded in vertical lines of green bugle beads on main body and green, gold, clear and purple beading on sleeves and surplus bodice. Long kimono sleeves; 3" inserted waist band. Left side slit to hips. Center back zipper closure. Lined in matching chiffon.
Date: 1973/1974
Creator: Mackie, Bob

Beaded floral dress

Description: Beaded evening dress of white sequins, light blue beads, pink and green beaded floral motifs in a full-length sheath style. Collarless with long, fitted sleeves. Center back zipper; back slit at hem. Heavy. Designer's label at inside back left near zipper: "Jana Con Claudia"
Date: 1975/1989
Creator: Jana Con Claudia

Beaded necklace

Description: Necklace for festival outfit of the Boysun Tribe, Surxondaryo (Surkhandarya) Province, southern Uzbekistan. D) Bead Necklace. "choker" style bead necklace composed of sections of orange and black horizontal strands interspersed with diamond-shaped motifs of white, orange, green, yellow, and reddish brown. Below the main section is a "fringe, consisting of white beads forming a narrow net, then bands of red and orange, then fringe of blue, yellow, black, white, red, green, and ending in shells,… more
Date: 1975/1999

Beaded necklace

Description: Necklace of openwork beading. Large central section is U-shaped with diamond shaped sections of black and white beading with diamond shaped centers of red and orange with blue centers at the sides, and large triangular center of black and white beading with a red and yellow center design. Fringed loops of black, red, yellow and white hang from the base of the triangular center. Tie closure of braided tan cotton threads.
Date: 1975/1999

Beaded neckpiece

Description: Necklace for festival outfit of the Boysun Tribe, Surxondaryo (Surkhandarya) Province, southern Uzbekistan. F) Bead Necklace. Necklace of openwork beading. Wide straps with diamond shapes of yellow/orange with inner sections of blues and yellows against grounds of green, red, blue, and orange. Large central section formed as a white beaded diamond shape containing concentric diamonds of green and red. Blue beaded fringe at bottom ending in red and white "flowerheads" No marks.
Date: 1975/1999

Beaded neckpiece

Description: Necklace for festival outfit of the Boysun Tribe, Surxondaryo (Surkhandarya) Province, southern Uzbekistan. E) Bead Necklace. "Bib" style, with wide main portion of latticed clear beads overlaid with a field of shell/mother of pearl buttons. Vertical strands of beads along top, attaching to choker band with button clasp. The bib has a lower band of white, black, etc. openwork beading, then strands of beaded fringe in clear, green, yellow, blue, black, red, etc. No labels.
Date: 1975/1999

Beaded shoes

Description: Shoes of tan leather; 2 and 1/2 inch heels, 1 and 1/2 inch wide; sandal 1 and 1/2 inch band over knuckle bones and base of leg; strap around heel with small buckle; straps are beaded with American Indian style, pink, green, blue, yellow, purple, on back of white. Markings: Left- From greek workshop / Jerry Edouard Right- Leon's / Made in Greece Measurements: L: 24 cm. W: 8.4 cm. H: 8.4 cm. Heel: 7.9 cm, 3 1/16 inches
Date: 1976
Creator: Jerrold, Edouard

Beaded skirt

Description: Skirt of off-white cotton. Short zipper at side, and skirt is open from base of zipper to hem. Knee-length, the skirt is heavily embellished. From top, running horizontally around skirt: Off-white band of grosgrain ribbon; narrow band showing plain cotton of skirt; Purple grosgrain ribbon; narrow band of skirt; Yellow grosgrain ribbon; scalloped band of pink rickrack, showing background of skirt; embroidered ribbon of brown with tan and orange squares and geometric shapes; band of purple rickra… more
Date: 1970
Creator: Sant'Angelo, Giorgio di
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