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Object Number
988-13-50/12110
Display Title
Straw bag
Descriptions
Object Description
Straw bag, "paper bag" type construction with square bottom, folds easily; natural color with vertical stripes of fuschia, green and blue; fiber rope is threaded through holes in walls of bag and across bottom and forms handles at top.
Inventory Description
Bag, rectangular, woven fiber with pink, purple and green linear design, handles
Classification
- Bag
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Ewe
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Togo
/
Lome
Additional Geographic Terms
Coastal
Materials
Fiber, Pigment, Straw
Dimensions
Overall: 35.8 x 37 x 28.4 cm (14 1/8 x 14 9/16 x 11 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
988-13-50/12110
Provenance
Collector
Sheila Stanton
(Jan 1988-Mar 1988 - 8/5/1988)
Donor
Sheila Stanton
(Jan 1988-Mar 1988 - 8/5/1988)
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