Saddle bag
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Aug 2000
label: Collection Date
content: 1974
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Labelle Prussin
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Labelle Prussin
notes: label: Notes
content: Long, narrow, 3-sided leather bag. Top third, one side, and the bottom are dark brown with black painted geometric patterns-- squares, Vs, diamonds, and Xs. The other two sides are light brown with similar painted designs, very faint (faded?). Thick tassels at bottom corners. 2 more tassels on one side, with 2 thick cords between them.
label: Notes
content: According to the donor's notes, this is a saddle bag used by Tuareg women, called tasoufra or techchekouat. She acquired it during a visit to a Tuareg "resettlement/refugee camp" near Tera, Niger on the Mali-Niger border, in 1974. References: Prussin, African Nomadic Architecture 1995, p 83 for a similar Hassaniya type and construction. References: Gabus, Au Sahara. References: Creyaufmuller, W. Nomadenkultur in der Westsahara for extensive detail on various types, on construction.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 Jan 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Niger, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tuareg
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2011246
label: USNM Number
content: E431662-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Saddle Bag
physicalDescription: label: Maximum Length - Not Including Tassels
content: 119 cm
label: Maximum Width
content: 31 cm