Second-hand purse (from ebay), upcycled with gesso, paint, modpodge, paper collage, markers, and inks.

Image is of child nutrition expert Flora Rose (1874-1959), who was on the faculty at Cornell University from 1907, and co-founded the School of Human Ecology with her partner Martha Van Rensselaer; the photo is from the Cornell University Library uploads to Flickr Commons (see below).