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Sheath

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Object Number:42-30-589B
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Hausa
Provenience: Nigeria
Section:African
Materials:Leather
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Morgan Wing on behalf of the Estate of Florence C. Whitney, 1942

Description

Woven fibre sheath covered with thin piece of black leather. 10-strang carrying loop, each of plaited thong, the two ends being leather-covered balls which are passed through plaited fibre loops attached to sheath.

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