Bag

1991.14.0005

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification Bag   (1991.14.0005)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Personal Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Personal Gear
  4. :
  5. Personal Carrying & Storage Gear
Artist/Maker None
Geographic Location
Period/Date 1900 - 1930
Culture Kpelle, Gerse, Guerze, Kpese

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 26.5 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 25.5 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 0.5 cm
Weight 78 g
Measuring Remarks None
Materials Animal--Skin--without Fur/Feathers/Scales, Pigment
Manufacturing Processes Tanning, Sewing, Dyeing
Munsell Color Information Moderate Brown (5 YR 3/4) -ns Grayish Yellow ( 2.5 Y 7/4) -ns Black ( N 1.75/) -ns

Research Remarks

Published Description N/A
Description N/A
Comparanda N/A
Bibliography

Leonard, Gertrude Simpson. Our Africa Story: An Account of the work of the Woman's Home and Foreign Mission Society at Muhlenberg Mission, Liberia, Africa. Baltimore: General Literature Committee, Lutheran Church, 1918.

Artifact History

Archaeological Data N/A
Credit Line/Dedication Gift of Edwin Hadley in Memory of Grover C. Leonard, Gertrude Simpson Leonard, Frances Hadley
Reproduction no
Reproduction Information N/A

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