shoulder bag (bag (land transport: human powered))

Finely woven textile shoulder bag with a long strap, and two fringed sections at the bottom. The bag has a rectangular flap attached to the front made from hide of which the long hair, which hangs on the outside, is dyed red.

It looks as though this bag is possibly from Chin group to the south of the Naga in Myanmar/Burma in terms of the cloth, and it is possible that the dyed hair attached is also from here (weapons recorded as Chin in Bristol have hair attached and look `Naga’ in appearance).

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn11552
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 785 mm x 280 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
cotton; hair; hide
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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