Handled plaque of players and flag cigarette packs

Museum number:
5-16885
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4748
Description:
Rectuangular plaque with handled constructed of Flag and Players Navy cut cigarette packs sewn together. 3 rows of red and yellow Flag packs, then 1 row of 6 Players packs (1 pack forming handle then 3 more rows Flag packs. Red cloth stitched border. 2 paper labels).
Donor:
Robert I. Orlins
Collection place:
Kalabsha Village, Sudan
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Egypt, Nubia, Kalabsha village.
Culture or time period:
Nubian
Collector:
Robert I. Orlins
Collection date:
1964-1965
Materials:
Paper (fiber product)
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
February 8, 2005
Context of use:
Unknown
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 25 centimeters and length 37 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Handled plaque of players and flag cigarette packs, accession number 5-16885, described as Rectuangular plaque with handled constructed of Flag and Players Navy cut cigarette packs sewn together. 3 rows of red and yellow Flag packs, then 1 row of 6 Players packs (1 pack forming handle then 3 more rows Flag packs. Red cloth stitched border. 2 paper labels).

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