Bag

1900–1944

Not on view

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Provenance

Title: Bag
Date: 1900–1944
Medium: Leather, glass, metal
Dimensions: H. 9 × W. 4 × D. 1/2 in. (22.9 × 10.2 × 1.3 cm)
Classification: Beads-Costumes
Credit Line: Gift of Miss Gertrude N. McNeil, 1944
Object Number: C.I.44.36.10
Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing

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