Bag

Museum number:
5-13438
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3332
Description:
Goat skin bag; sides sewn together with leather. White on one side; white and black on the other. Trapezoidal in shape with a twisted fiber tie.
Donor:
University Research Expeditions Program
Collection place:
Gob Dogo, Marsabit, Kenya
Culture or time period:
Rendille
Collector:
Jean Colvin and University Research Expeditions Program
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bags (generic containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Context of use:
for carrying grain in house. Hang it anywhere. Used by girls and women.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
overall— length 25.5 centimeters and overall— width 33.3 centimeters
Loans:
S1985-1986 #40: SFO Museum (May 21, 1986–October 17, 1986)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bag, accession number 5-13438, described as Goat skin bag; sides sewn together with leather. White on one side; white and black on the other. Trapezoidal in shape with a twisted fiber tie.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bag, accession number 5-13438, described as Goat skin bag; sides sewn together with leather. White on one side; white and black on the other. Trapezoidal in shape with a twisted fiber tie.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 5-13438, described as Goat skin bag; sides sewn together with leather. White on one side; white and black on the other. Trapezoidal in shape with a twisted fiber tie.

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