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Object Number
975-69-50/11938
Display Title
Goat-skin carrying pouch
Descriptions
Object Description
Goat-skin carrying pouch, dyed yellow with geometric design in green, purple, and red. Pouch size is 56 cm by 24 cm. With twisted leather strap the total length is 76 cm. Three leather tufts form triangular bottom.
Inventory Description
Bag, leather, dyed yellow, red/green geo. paint deco, 3 nodes at base, hide stra
Classification
- Bag
Department
Ethnographic
Date
Before 1975
Culture
- Tuareg
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Mali
Materials
Leather, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 53.2 x 19.5 x 2.6 cm (20 15/16 x 7 11/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
975-69-50/11938
Credit Line
Gift of Robin and Kendall Mix, 1975
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