- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Woman's bag, looped from two-ply plant fibre string, with blocks of bright colour (aniline dyes) and string tags on one side only. Looped carrying strap. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 18/1/2006]
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1972
- Date collected
- 1970 - 1972
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 18/07/1989
- Materials and processes
- Material String, Material Plant Fibre, Process Looped, Process Dyed
- Dimensions
- Length: max 570 mm inc handle, Width: max 440 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1989.28.9
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