Beaded clutch purse worn by Ophelia DeVore

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Clear and silver beaded clutch purse worn by Ophelia DeVore. The purse is rectangular and made from an off-white synthetic satin that is completely covered in rows of white and silver faceted beads. The beads are placed so that there are thin silver pinstripes on the purse. The purse closes at the center front with a protruding rectangle covered in silver beads that fits inside a rectangle attached to the center edge of the flap that is hollow in the interior and also covered in the silver beads. The interior of the purse is self-lined in the off-white synthetic satin. There are no pockets. A cream fabric label with brown embroidered text is sewn at the interior center front top that reads "Made in Italy / exclusively for / WALBORG" with the Walborg company logo of a W inside a circle at the lower right corner.

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