Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2009
The Year
Acquisitions
Art of Asia, Oceania, and Africa: July 2008–June 2009
Woman's bag
20th century
Overall: 61 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in.)
Leather, fiber, and pigment
Classification: Costumes
Culture: African, Mali, Tuareg peoples
Accession number: 2008.1644
Provenance/Ownership History: 1968, acquired in Ouagadougou, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) by Carolyn and Eli Newberger, Boston; 2008, gift of Carolyn and Eli Newberger to the MFA. (Accession date: January 21, 2009)
Gift of Carolyn and Eli Newberger