Bag

Museum number:
5-16723
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Alternate number:
516723
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
leather drawstring bag formed of 2 panels joined by a single band which forms sides and bottom of bag. side panels constructed with brown leather top section (8.5cm x 14.5 cm) sewn to a woven leather panel (brown/black/white/blue) bordered on each side by a black band and brown leather fringes.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
W. Africa, Nigeria
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Leather
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bags (generic containers)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
Personal accessory
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 22.5 centimeters, fringe— length 4.3 centimeters, and width 16.3 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Bag, accession number 5-16723, described as leather drawstring bag formed of 2 panels joined by a single band which forms sides and bottom of bag. side panels constructed with brown leather top section (8.5cm x 14.5 cm) sewn to a woven leather panel (brown/black/white/blue) bordered on each side by a black band and brown leather fringes.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Bag, accession number 5-16723, described as leather drawstring bag formed of 2 panels joined by a single band which forms sides and bottom of bag. side panels constructed with brown leather top section (8.5cm x 14.5 cm) sewn to a woven leather panel (brown/black/white/blue) bordered on each side by a black band and brown leather fringes.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Bag, accession number 5-16723, described as leather drawstring bag formed of 2 panels joined by a single band which forms sides and bottom of bag. side panels constructed with brown leather top section (8.5cm x 14.5 cm) sewn to a woven leather panel (brown/black/white/blue) bordered on each side by a black band and brown leather fringes.

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