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1991.14.0014

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification Bag   (1991.14.0014)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Personal Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Personal Gear
    3. :
  3. Personal Carrying & Storage Gear
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date 1900 - 1930
Culture Kpelle, Gerse, Guerze, Kpese

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 60.0 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 16.0 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 3.5 cm
Weight 35 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Pigment--Dye, Plant--Raffia
Manufacturing Processes Weaving, Dyeing, Drying, Plaiting, Wrapping

Research Remarks

Description Under Review
Published Description 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

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

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