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Bag

CultureSouth American Indian
DimensionsOverall: 11 inches (27.94 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number31-123/169
On View
Not on view
DescriptionWoven bag decorated with pattern of wide purple stripes.Provenance

Found in Colombia by Gregory Mason, 1931 [1];

Acquired as part of the finds from the Colombian expedition by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1931.

NOTES:

[1] National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, accession lot 1931.0090. The Nelson-Atkins and the Heye Foundation co-sponsored an archaeological expedition to Colombia in 1931. The expedition was led by Gregory Mason.

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