Bag

Museum number:
5-7030
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050007030
Alternate number:
63 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2155
Description:
Honey bag; two rectangular pieces leather sewn together with ends of one over-lapping other and extending over top bag forming handle and flap; hide thong ties flap; l. 55 cm; w. 39 cm. Used by men for storing honey
Donor:
Ronald J. Clarke and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Tanzania
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Tanzania; Pening; West Lake Natron; Wa-Sonjo (Murdock...45:20)
Culture or time period:
Wa Sonjo
Collector:
Ronald J. Clarke
Collection date:
1964
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bags (generic containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 5-7030, described as Honey bag; two rectangular pieces leather sewn together with ends of one over-lapping other and extending over top bag forming handle and flap; hide thong ties flap; l. 55 cm; w. 39 cm. Used by men for storing honey
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 5-7030, described as Honey bag; two rectangular pieces leather sewn together with ends of one over-lapping other and extending over top bag forming handle and flap; hide thong ties flap; l. 55 cm; w. 39 cm. Used by men for storing honey

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