containers (general & multipurpose); wallet

A leather portefeuille. The portefeuille consists of a rectangular flat wallet made of leather panels stitched together in white. A green strap with red geometric design extends below one of the panels and has thin leather tassels attached to it, with a longer brown strap extending beyond the tassels. There are also two smaller straps attached at the top end of the panel. The straps have metal loops attached to them with tassels connecting to the loops.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
2007.232
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 1010 mm x 160 mm x 35 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
leather; metal
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
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