A water bag of red leather, with two spouts and a central hanging strap of brown leather. At the end of the strap there is a metal hoop and hook, presumably to hang the bottle from. The base is roughly circular and there is a band of green leather around the edge of the base. There is also a green strip of leather running up the centre at the front and along the top edge.
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