Bag

Museum number:
9-11409
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2697
Description:
bag; man's; khaki coloured canvas; rectangular, gusseted, heavy cotton tape handles, green cotton binding on 3 sides, metal rivets and reinforcements. Length (without handles) 45 cm., Width 36 cm. Made by men.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Richard Lerner
Collection place:
Delhi State, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India; Delhi; Chadni Chowk
Collector:
Richard Lerner
Collection date:
1969-1970
Materials:
Cotton (textile) (canvas, cotton binging and tape; machine sewn) and Tin (metal)
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. has a very military look about it
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 45 centimeters and width 36 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 9-11409, described as bag; man's; khaki coloured canvas; rectangular, gusseted, heavy cotton tape handles, green cotton binding on 3 sides, metal rivets and reinforcements. Length (without handles) 45 cm., Width 36 cm. Made by men.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 9-11409, described as bag; man's; khaki coloured canvas; rectangular, gusseted, heavy cotton tape handles, green cotton binding on 3 sides, metal rivets and reinforcements. Length (without handles) 45 cm., Width 36 cm. Made by men.

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