pouch (bags (land transport: human powered))

A bag made of brown leather. The front is decorated with embroidered panels which have motifs embroidered on them in thread, and have fringes of blue, cream, yellow, green and red thread around the edges and around circular motifs on the panels. There are metal studs in the centre of the circular motifs. There are plaited leather straps at the sides and along the lower edge which end in many bundles of leather fringing. Attached to the top edge by leather straps is a handle made of a bundle of green thread which is braided at each end to attach to the bag.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn14236
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 582 mm x 319 mm x 33 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
leather; cotton; thread; metal
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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