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Portage pad
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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