Leather Pouch
date: label: Accession Date
content: 10 Sep 1874
name: label: Donor Name
content: Rev. Ralph R. Gurley
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "A LONG TUBULAR POUCH OF SOFT YELLOWISH LEATHER WITH SHOULDER STRAP OF MANY STRANDS OF PLAITED RED LEATHER. LOWER PORTION OF POUCH IS A BAND OF DECORATED LEATHER. CARRYING STRAP TERMINATES IN A LEATHER-COVERED KNOB, AND IS HELD CLOSE TO BASE OF TUBE BY A LEATHER LOOP ATTACHED TO BASE OF TUBE. OPEN END OF TUBE IS DIAGONAL AND EDGED WITH A RED LEATHER STRIP. THIS TYPE OF POUCH IS ILLUSTRATED IN GEORGE W. ELLIS, NEGRO CULTURE IN WEST AFRICA (NEW YORK, 1914); OPP. P.38, IN A PICTURE ENTITLED "NATIVE BAGS FOR TRINKETS." ON LOAN TO CULT. HIST. (MHT) 11/3/66. RETURNED 2/13/81."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Nov 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Liberia, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 74A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E15075-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag