Octopus bag
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. Used for carrying tobacco, personal medicine and smaller containers.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 64/1974/121
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Containers
- Collection Area Region
- N
- Material
- feltseedglasscottonfabric
- Common Name
- octopus bag
- Simple Name
- bag
- Production Year High
- 1847
