Leather bag

Museum number:
5-15840
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
7
Accession number:
Acc.4619
Object count:
1
Description:
Purse, leather, envelope type, with flap; red and black tooled "X" filled square design; row of five toggles to secure flap, ending in tassels; braided leather shoulder straps; length (purse) 15.4 centimeters X width 14.8 centimeters.
Donor:
Ann Palmer
Collection place:
Mopti, Mali
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Mali; Mopti; Fulani (?)
Culture or time period:
Fulani
Collection date:
1976
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
December 23, 1993
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Leather bag, accession number 5-15840, described as Purse, leather, envelope type, with flap; red and black tooled "X" filled square design; row of five toggles to secure flap, ending in tassels; braided leather shoulder straps; length (purse) 15.4 centimeters X width 14.8 centimeters.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Leather bag, accession number 5-15840, described as Purse, leather, envelope type, with flap; red and black tooled "X" filled square design; row of five toggles to secure flap, ending in tassels; braided leather shoulder straps; length (purse) 15.4 centimeters X width 14.8 centimeters.

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