L-1, #5 (previous number (collector's original number)) and PD-5 (attributed PAHMA number)
Accession number:
Acc.4776
Description:
Coin purse. Woven basketry material with woven lid which fits over the basket neck and rim and woven carrying strap. Natural fibers plus blue and pale yellow plastic strips woven to form bands around side of lid and around top.
Donor:
Penelope Delevoryas
Collection place:
Western Africa
Collector:
Penelope Delevoryas
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre) and Coin purses
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility and 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Accession date:
July 20, 2011
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
diameter 19.5 centimeters and height 9.5 centimeters