Woven fiber bag

Museum number:
5-15549
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4155
Description:
Bag, knotless fiber. 1/2 watermelon shaped. Body continues on to form carrying strap. Tassel at bottom. Width circa 38.0 cm, Length (including handle) circa 76.0 cm. From West Africa, Northern Ghana.
Donor:
Robert E. Jones
Collection place:
Northern Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Northern Ghana
Collection date:
1967
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bags (generic containers)
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1986
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Woven fiber bag, accession number 5-15549, described as Bag, knotless fiber. 1/2 watermelon shaped. Body continues on to form carrying strap. Tassel at bottom. Width circa 38.0 cm, Length (including handle) circa 76.0 cm. From West Africa, Northern Ghana.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Woven fiber bag, accession number 5-15549, described as Bag, knotless fiber. 1/2 watermelon shaped. Body continues on to form carrying strap. Tassel at bottom. Width circa 38.0 cm, Length (including handle) circa 76.0 cm. From West Africa, Northern Ghana.

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