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Grass bag
Object Number 99-12-50/53271
Display Title Grass bag
Descriptions
Object Description Grass bag. This bag is very fragile; grass fringes are separating with minor movement. Handle with extreme care on a rigid palette.
Inventory Description Bag, woven fiber, conical, striped design, fiber fringed tassles
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: 104.5 x 34.8 x 7 cm (41 1/8 x 13 11/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53271
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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