Leather cushion or saddle bag with tassels. [BS [OPS move] 18/10/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Leather cushion or saddle bag with tassels. [BS [OPS move] 18/10/2017]
Long description: Leather cushion or saddle bag with tassels. Sub rectangular, the base end tapering from pointed corners to a central fringe with green leather collar. There are additional fringes at the two upper corners and two lower corners. Each face has a central decorative element with fringe. All fringes are of multi coloured leather strips, some painted with horizontal lines. Both faces feature a square decoration of cutwork leather in a multicoloured geometric design with triangular tab below. The opposite side also has a large semi circular leather panel at the opening with painted and tooled decoration and a green border, the design is abstract and features bands of zigzags and triangles. [BS [OPS move] 18/10/2017]
Geographical reference: Mali
Africa > Western Africa > Mali
Person: Field collector Samuel Peach Powell; PRM source Samuel Peach Powell
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1940
Date collected: By 1940
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1940
Materials and processes: Material Animal Leather Skin, Process Decorated, Process Stitched, Process Dyed, Process Cutwork, Process Painted, Process Tooled
Dimensions: Length: max 870 mm, Depth: max 70 mm, Width: max 560 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1940.7.0240

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