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Snakeskin Handbag

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Yellow, dark brown and black snakeskin handbag with short strap and metal clasp on top. The interior is possibly brown leather and is divided into two compartments. The first compartment has two additional pockets and the other compartment is divided into two with one zipped pocket, between these compartments is a zipped pocket.

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Registration number

cwa-org-57-2014.19

Item type

Material

Width

250 mm

Height or length

310 mm

Depth

80 mm

Contextual Information

Used by donors mother, the donor remembers her mother using it when she went into town but it was not used everyday as they lived in the bush.

Keywords

COSTUME ACCESSORIES

Primary significance criteria

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Rare or representative

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Yellow, dark brown and black snakeskin handbag with short strap and metal clasp on top. The interior is possibly brown leather and is divided into two compartments. The first compartment has two additional pockets and the other compartment is divided into two with one zipped pocket, between these compartments is a zipped pocket.

Yellow, dark brown and black snakeskin handbag with short strap and metal clasp on top. The interior is possibly brown leather and is divided into two compartments. The first compartment has two additional pockets and the other compartment is divided into two with one zipped pocket, between these compartments is a zipped pocket.

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