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Skin pouch - decorated with beads and cowrie shells
Skin pouch - decorated with beads and cowrie shells
Object Number 38-44-50/3297
Display Title Skin pouch - decorated with beads and cowrie shells
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bottle, padded leather, rectangular, wood plug, fringe, bead, shell, metal, stri
Classification
  • Bottle
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Sudan
Materials Leather, Shell, Glass, Cotton string, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 24 x 17.1 x 5.5 cm (9 7/16 x 6 3/4 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 38-44-50\3297
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Henry H. Richardson in memory of Theodore Jewett Eastman, Class of 1901, A.B. 1901, M.D. 1905, 1938

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