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Woman's bag
Woman's bag

Woman's bag

Object number81.17.948
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, African Panoplies: Art for Rulers, Traders, Hunters, and Priests, Apr. 21 - Aug. 14, 1988. Published ReferencesBurt, Eugene C., East African Art in the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1985, no. 7, p. 14
Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
Dimensions6 x 5 x 5/16 in. (15.2 x 12.7 x 0.8 cm) Overall h.: 18 in.
MediumFiber, beads, metal, and buttons
Octopus bag
ca. 1900
Object number: 93.68
20th century
Object number: 81.17.947
Object number: 81.17.1284
Object number: 81.17.1024
Photo: Paul Macapia
John Yeltadzi
ca. 1890
Object number: 91.1.65
20th century
Object number: 2009.4
Headdress (Esidai)
Object number: 2000.7