Object name: Hide water bag / Object class: Armor by form / Function: 1.5 Household - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Hide water bag, accession number 5-15159, described as Water bag. Round, shield-shaped leather dyed red. Center leather-wrapped hoop attached to skin by twisted 2-ply leather cordage. Rim diameter 42 centimeters. From Niger, vicinity of Lake Chad, N'guigmi; probably Kanouri. Water bag would be attached to a rope and thrown down a well; when wet it stretches and becomes bucket shaped.