bag (containers)

Woman's bag from the Hadza people of Tanzania. The bag is made from impala leather and is dark brown in colour. The bag is trapezoid in shape with a strap. The bag is decorated with red, white and blue and white beads along the side seams, holes and where the strap is attached. Along one edge of the strap are green and white beads.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
11.7.66/31
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 304.8 x 228.6 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
leather; bead; thread
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
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