currency container

Inner portion of a large rectangular cane purse made in two sections, one inside the other and decorated with beige, black and red geometric motifs. The purse was a present to the collector from a Muslim Malay family.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
1984.202ii
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 170 mm x 224 mm x 53 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
cane
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
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