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Object Number
33-55-50/141
Display Title
Water skin from Timbuctoo
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Leather bag, stamped and dyed geometric deco, conical, 2 straps, band of 6 loops
Classification
- Bag
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Mandingo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Senegal
Additional Geographic Terms
Senegal, Upper
Materials
Leather, Wool yarn, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 76.4 x 41.7 x 4.7 cm (30 1/16 x 16 7/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
33-55-50/141
Provenance
Collector
Dr. George W. Harley
(1933)
Seller
Dr. George W. Harley
(1933)
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