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Object Number 998-26-50/12951
Display Title Storage bag with tassels
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Techchekwat
Object Description Storage bag, techchekwat type, with three leather-fringe tassels
Inventory Description Bag, pigmented leather, tassels and colored plastic wire at base, leather strap
Classification
  • Bag
Department Ethnographic
Date 20th century
Culture
  • Tuareg
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms North Africa
Dimensions Overall: 96.52 x 35.56 x 1.27 cm (38 x 14 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 998-26-50/12951
Credit Line Gift of Mark S. Rapoport, MD, School of Public Health '73, and Jane C. Hughes, Radcliffe '67
Provenance
Collector Mark S. Rapoport (1990 or later - 12/28/98)
Donor Mark S. Rapoport (1990 or later - 12/28/98)

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