"Top Knotch" - Knot? Bag
Unidentified Baca maker
1965
Cloth and beads
Overall: 4 × 4 1/2 × 3 in. (10.2 × 11.4 × 7.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
166.1.15888
Geography
Place Made: Transkei, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
Period
20th century
Object Name
Personal Gear: Bag
Research Area
Africa
Textiles and Costumes
Not on view
Provenance
J. R. Ivy, Ltd., Pretoria, South Africa; purchased by Professor James W. Fernandez for the Dartmouth College Museum, 1965; sold to present collection, 1966.
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