4/2001/17
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89/2000
A bag (kete) made from kiekie, a climbing plant.
114/2004/6
Ethiopian has become one of the largest airline companies in the world.
114/2004/5/1
114/2003/8
This old container was used to store kohl, a cosmetic powder made from antimony.
149/2007/20
A leather bag carried by everyone from locals to tourists.
565/2005/13
72/2008/76
The Mandinka trade in enslaved people began long before the European colonial era.
9/1945/68
This fine indigo-dyed cotton bag was woven on a back-strap loom.
37/1968/1
104/1936/4
This reticule has a different hand-painted motif on each side.
1057/1912
357/1974
This reticule was made in India.
50/1943/82
This bag is made of white silk satin and is decorated with applied green beetle wings.
60/1967
Embroidered in silk in chain stitch outlined with gold thread, this silk fabric bag may have been used as a reticule or to contain needlework or tatting tools.
76/1978/1
This unusual black satin bag was made between about 1910 and 1920.
67/1961/7
Satin, applied loom-woven steel and glass beads.
71/1978/1
Loom-woven gold-coloured beads with diamanté.
E1021
A hunting bag, likely woven from the leaf fibres of the palm tree (Astrocaryum sp.
191/2009/6
From the 1850s, the production of early plastics, like parkesine (1856) and celluloid (1870), was driven by a desire to imitate expensive materials, like elephant ivory.
284/1998/63
A modern hand bag made from crocodile skin.
75/1947/16
25/1920/31
64/1974/115
This item combines imported materials with Native American designs.
64/1974/121
So called because of the four tabs dangling beneath the pouch, this shape actually represents the four legs of an animal with the opening as its mouth.
1000/1904/10
Northern Plains style, this bag was popular as a trade item with Canadian fur trading companies, made by the Plains Cree, Plains Ojibwa and marginal Plains people.
1/1993/30
Used by a babalawo, or Ifa priest, this bag is part of the priest’s regalia to hold items for divining.
64/1974/13
A hand woven bag of coconut fibre and decorated with shells.
81/1964/2
A lacebark purse (kete hohere) with poi balls added at a later date.
11/1983
According to Pacific artist Rosanna Raymond this “Tongan handbag reflects modern innovation from traditional basket-making and plaiting or rope making techniques.