Wallet

Museum number:
5-16716
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
516716
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
leather wallet; natural hand laced lightly tooled decorative strip with chevrons to secure closure flap. 3 pockets inside. Conservation: Lacings fraying.
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:
Wallets
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
Personal accessory
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 9.5 centimeters and width 13.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Wallet, accession number 5-16716, described as leather wallet; natural hand laced lightly tooled decorative strip with chevrons to secure closure flap. 3 pockets inside. Conservation: Lacings fraying.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Wallet, accession number 5-16716, described as leather wallet; natural hand laced lightly tooled decorative strip with chevrons to secure closure flap. 3 pockets inside. Conservation: Lacings fraying.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Wallet, accession number 5-16716, described as leather wallet; natural hand laced lightly tooled decorative strip with chevrons to secure closure flap. 3 pockets inside. Conservation: Lacings fraying.

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