Bag. Culture: Mexican. Date: 1830-60.The typical European floral and animal motifs seen on this bag are paired with the geometric designs often seen in native Mexican art. The combination deftly summarizes the way the two worlds overlapped in colonial Mexico. This bag is particularly notable for its skillful color changes and perspectival rendering. It 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