Cloth bag owned by Pete Cosey: Museum Object and Cultural History
Cloth bag owned by Pete Cosey: Date: late 20th century. Created by: Unidentified. Used by: Pete Cosey, American, 1943 - 2012.
The object in the museum catalogue
Cloth bag with drawstring close. The fabric of the bag features highly decorative motifs in red, yellow, pink, white, and black. Bag is a single sheet of cloth sewed closed at two ends. A white fiber cord can be pulled to close the bag.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: late 20th century
- Created by: Unidentified
- Used by: Pete Cosey, American, 1943 - 2012
- Type: bags (containers)
- Medium: cloth
- Dimensions: H x W (flat): 56 11/16 × 19 1/8 in. (144 × 48.5 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Topic: Music
- Topic: Musicians
- Object number: 2021.105.6.3
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Karumah, Dunni, Ishmak, Aribania and Mariama Cosey in memory of Baba Pete Cosey
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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