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Iguana skin purse
Object Number 30-36-50/B4838
Display Title Iguana skin purse
Descriptions
Inventory Description Leather and reptile skin bag, small, long leather strap.
Classification
  • Bag
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mano
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Additional Geographic Terms Liberia, Interior
Materials Leather, Reptile skin
Dimensions Overall: 10.4 x 8.2 x 2.3 cm (4 1/8 x 3 1/4 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B4838
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1930)
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1930)

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