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Tortoiseshell pouch in sleeve beaded with light blue, white, yellow, red, transparent red, transparent yellow and indigo blue beads in banded pattern; holds fragrant wood chips
Tortoiseshell pouch in sleeve beaded with light blue, white, yellow, red, transparent red, transparent yellow and indigo blue beads in banded pattern; holds fragrant wood chips
Object Number 2012.2.1
Display Title Tortoiseshell pouch in sleeve beaded with light blue, white, yellow, red, transparent red, transparent yellow and indigo blue beads in banded pattern; holds fragrant wood chips
Descriptions
Inventory Description Pouch, tortoiseshell, filled with organic material, wood chips, held by multi-colored beaded sleeve
Classification
  • Pouch
Department Ethnographic
Date 1968-1969 or earlier
Culture
  • San
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Botswana
Materials Tortoiseshell Glass beads Sandalwood Sinew? Fur
Dimensions Other: 5.5 x 7.5 x 9.5 cm (2 3/16 x 2 15/16 x 3 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2012.2.1
Credit Line Gift of Mark & Pauline Peters
Provenance
Collector Mark Peters (1968-1969 - 2012)
Donor Donated by Pauline Peters (1/5/12)

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