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Grass bag
Object Number 99-12-50/53269
Display Title Grass bag
Descriptions
Inventory Description Woven fiber bag, plaid overlay design, cylindrical, 4 loose fiber ties.
Classification
  • Bag
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Culture
  • Mandingo?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Sierra Leone
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 59.5 x 11 x 4 cm (23 7/16 x 4 5/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 99-12-50/53269
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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