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Object Number 55-26-60/10527
Display Title Snake charmer's bags (to carry snakes)
Descriptions
Object Description Snake charmer's bags (to carry snakes)
Inventory Description Bags, one small blue square, one larger multicolored patchwork square
Classification
  • Bag
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Pakistan / Sindh / <County> / <City> / Thatta
Materials Cotton, Dye
Dimensions Overall: 41 x 39.5 x 0.6 cm (16 1/8 x 15 9/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55-26-60/10527
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1955)
Collector Dr. Henry Field (1955)

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