WATER BAG, Hessian

H2002.30

Cylindrical brown hessian water bag, with cream canvas lid. Metal ring is inside lid to hold shape. A piece of rope is looped through two holes at either side of top of bag. Half of canvas lid is sewn on , other half is unattached. A metal hook is sewn onto this loose half of the lid, which hooks onto a metal loop on the hessian hose to stop water pouring out of the hose. The hessian hose has a small plastic tube fitted into the end of it to direct the flow of water. Printed in brown on the body of the bag "J1-JAA-020 1/GGCF [upward pointing arrow symbol] 1967"

Department: 

History Department

Collection

History Collection

Collection Item Data

Accession Number: H2002.30
Accession Date: 24 May 2002
Acquisition Year: 1996
Credit: Doris Leeden

Material

Rope/Textile

rope, metal, canvas, hessian, plastic

0 - Whole
Hessian/Textile0 - Whole
Canvas/Textile0 - Whole
Metal/Metal0 - Whole
Plastic/Synthetic/Polymer0 - Whole

Measurement

diameter260mm
height390mm

 


 

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