Toddy bag made of from pieces of palm bark that have been shaped to form a central body and two end pieces that protrude past the bottom of the body to form two horns. The opening of the bag is round and there are pieces of bark inside the neck to hold the round structure. There is cane decoration around the neck of the bag and the two horns.
label: brown with handwriting.
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