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Object Number
988-18-50/12454
Display Title
Portage pad
Descriptions
Object Description
Portage pad of hide; square with hide ties at four corners.
Inventory Description
Leather pillow, square, sewn, indented in center, ties, filled with fiber.
Classification
- Pillow
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Lobi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Burkina Faso
Materials
Leather, Fiber, Hide, Seed
Dimensions
Overall: 17 x 17 x 4.6 cm (6 11/16 x 6 11/16 x 1 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
988-18-50/12454
Provenance
Provenance
Unknown
(10/87-8/88)
Collector
Christopher B. Steiner
(10/87-8/88 - 12/6/88)
Donor
Christopher B. Steiner
(10/87-8/88 - 12/6/88)
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