Backpack Togglelock
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- Date
- 1930 β 1940
- Material
- rubber; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0412
- Description
- A fairly large toggle of hard, tan rubber, hanging from a leather loop, with white cord threaded through. Toggle is flat on front and back, with reverse curve shaped sides. Thick, round, rubber ring fits snugly around waist formed near top, grey leather strap passes through large hole near top, anβ¦
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- Title
- Backpack Togglelock
- Date
- 1930 β 1940
- Material
- rubber; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 3.4 x 4.3 x 7.6 cm
- Description
- A fairly large toggle of hard, tan rubber, hanging from a leather loop, with white cord threaded through. Toggle is flat on front and back, with reverse curve shaped sides. Thick, round, rubber ring fits snugly around waist formed near top, grey leather strap passes through large hole near top, and is clamped into loop with metal band. A cord passes through two holes in a row on each side, coming out at two holes in the bottom. Moulded into the front of the toggle is a vignette of two men wearing backpacks talking to each other, with "Oslo Norway" written below, on the reverse, "Bergans snorlas patent"
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0412
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