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Object Number 2004.24.32759
Display Title Man's ditty bag
Descriptions
Keywords
  • Household
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Beadwork
  • Bag
  • Artifact
Department Photographic
Date 1991
Artist Hillel S. Burger
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
  • San
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia
Additional Geographic Terms Nyae Nyae Area; Kalahari Desert
Dimensions Overall: 5.72 cm (2 1/4 in.)

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