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Object Number 998-26-50/12939
Display Title Arm wallet
Descriptions
Object Description Arm wallet; leather surrounding a shot-gun shell
Inventory Description Arm wallet, bullet casing wrapped withstamped leather, braided cord
Classification
  • Pouch
Department Ethnographic
Date 20th century
Culture
  • Tuareg
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms North Africa
Dimensions Overall: 6.6 x 8.3 x 2.3 cm (2 5/8 x 3 1/4 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 998-26-50/12939
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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