Bamana and Malinke
Man’s Bag
Bamana/Malinke, 1933-1966
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Leather, plastic, red cloth, 125.5 x 35 x 10 cm.
Credit Line
Gift of Frederick Lamp, Baltimore
Object Number
1998.613
Man's purse in semicircular form with two tassels hanging from the center bottom, one long tassel attached to each side and one small bag decorated with seven tassels at the bottom and one tassel on top attached to the carrying strap on each side; central bag decorated with a central diamond shape placed on a quatrefoil; on the back a triangular form.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1998; collected by donor in Bamako, Mali, in 1976.
