Shoulder Bag

Object Number:	82-7-75
Current Location:	Collections Storage
Culture:	Isaan Thai
Provenience:	Thailand Udon Thani Ban Chiang
Date Made:	1900-1981
Early Date:	1900
Late Date:	1981
Section:	Asian
Materials:	Bamboo
Height:	59 cm
Length:	25 cm
Width:	26 cm
Outside Diameter:	24.5 cm
Credit Line:	Museum Purchase, 1981
Other Number:	238 - Other Number

Description

Used to carry clothes, this bag is woven of bamboo. The handle is stiff and long. It has a lid and a tray that fits right inside the mouth that the lid fits over. The basket is six-sided. There is a braided bamboo bracelet that encircles the handle.