Bag

Museum number:
9-11410
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Accession number:
Acc.2697
Description:
bag; man's; khaki-coloured canvas; rectangular, gusseted; heavy multi-coloured struped cotton tape handles and decorative bands, white cotton binding on 3 sides. Length (without handles) 48 cm., Width 40 cm. Made by men.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Richard Lerner
Collection place:
New Delhi, Delhi State, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, New Delhi
Collector:
Richard Lerner
Collection date:
1969-1970
Materials:
Cotton (textile) (canvas, cotton tape and binding; machine sewn)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bags (generic containers)
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1970
Context of use:
as a carry-all for men, possibly soldiers
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 40 centimeters and length 48 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 9-11410, described as bag; man's; khaki-coloured canvas; rectangular, gusseted; heavy multi-coloured struped cotton tape handles and decorative bands, white cotton binding on 3 sides. Length (without handles) 48 cm., Width 40 cm. Made by men.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 9-11410, described as bag; man's; khaki-coloured canvas; rectangular, gusseted; heavy multi-coloured struped cotton tape handles and decorative bands, white cotton binding on 3 sides. Length (without handles) 48 cm., Width 40 cm. Made by men.

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