Accession No
TEMP.03087
Description
Leather pouch or purse with eyelets and drawstring opening. Pouch with sides gathered at the opening and two upright tabs; decorated front and back with pieces of dark leather with a geometric arrangement of holes showing the lighter leather below; two copper alloy eyelets or grommets on front and back, with leather thong as drawstring; one of the upright tabs at the top is stamped with a reindeer inside a circle.
Place
Europe; Northern Europe; Fenno-Scandinavia; Sápmi; Finland; Lapland; Kittila
Period
Source
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
TEMP.03087
Cultural Affliation
?Sámi
Material
Leather (tanned); Hide (untanned); Pigment; Metal; Copper alloy
Local Term
Measurements
60mm x 105mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: 'Kittila / 18.VIII 1897'
Event Date 18/8/1897
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (Related Documents)
See 'Report on Collections Research and Cataloguing Project on Post Medieval 'To Be Disposed Of' Material' by David Kay in the archive (Doc.474) for background information.
Event Date 2019
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Leather pouch or purse with eyelets and drawstring opening. Pouch with sides gathered at the opening and two upright tabs; decorated front and back with pieces of dark leather with a geometric arrangement of holes showing the lighter leather below; two copper alloy eyelets or grommets on front and back, with leather thong as drawstring; one of the upright tabs at the top is stamped with a reindeer inside a circle.
Event Date 8/10/2024
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:320008
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