Cloth bag

Cloth bag Cloth bag, stuffed and decorated with cowrie shells

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Cloth bag, stuffed and decorated with cowrie shells
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Cloth bag, stuffed and decorated with cowrie shells, bells and goat skin, attached to a sling, Sudan, East Africa, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A12097
Materials:
cloth, shell and hide
Measurements:
length 220 mm
approximately: width 89 mm
approximately: thickness 70 mm
sling, doubled (approximately): length 389 mm
type:
ornaments