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29-96-290

From: North Africa

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 29-96-290
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Hebrew
Provenience North Africa
Section African
Materials Leather
Description

Red leather covered rectangular box with brass eyelets at top connected to long dark brown twisted leather strong band. One eyelet has a spherical brass ball with a cast design on it. String has a brass ring around it made up of 6 loops connected by a clip with "Souvenir" written on it.

Length 5 cm
Width 4.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904

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