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Object Number 78-45-50/15293
Display Title Tobacco pouch; called also powder flask
Descriptions
Inventory Description Leather and hide pouch, fur and stamped leather with braided leather straps.
Classification
  • Pouch
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mandingo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Dimensions Overall: 57 x 22 x 9 cm (22 7/16 x 8 11/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 15293
Provenance
Collector Dr. Samuel Kneeland (1872)
Donor Dr. Samuel Kneeland (1872 - 1878)

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