Bag of homespun Macgregor tartan for holding a Highland powder-horn, from Perthshire

Sampler in multicoloured silks on linen, made into a bag with a drawstring top, by Isabel Hutton, c. 1730 - 1733

Faience bead bag with two loop handles : Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Qurna, 2nd Intermediate Period, 17th Dynasty, c.1585-1545 BC

Faience bead bag with four loop handles and decorated with a tassel on the bottom: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Qurna, 2nd Intermediate Period, 17th Dynasty, c.1585-1545 BC

Bag (saranip), twined bark, used for carrying gathered wild plants: Japan, Hokkaido, Ainu, 19th to early 20th century

Three leather bags conected with straps, used for holding tea, salt and soda (ingredients for yak butter tea): Tibet, late 19th century AD

Bag of leather, with with two straps: Tibet, late 19th century AD

Bag of yak leather, with decorative cut edging thong ties: Tibet, late 19th century AD

Zukra or bagpipes consisting of a goatskin bag set with reed pipes and chanter: Tunisia, Tunis, 19th century

Embroidered silk bag decorated with Coix seeds and fringes: South-Eastern Asia, Upper Myanmar

Red cotton cloth bag embroidered in coloured wool with tassels, with a shoulder strap of similar cloth: South-Eastern Asia, Myanmar, Paku Karen, late 19th - early 20th century

Brown cotton cloth bag embroidered in coloured wool with tassels, with a shoulder strap of similar cloth: South-Eastern Asia, Myanmar, Paku Karen, late 19th - early 20th century

Cloth bag decorated with long white beads and a red woolly fringe with a sling loop attached: Burmese

Black cotton cloth shoulder bag woven in different coloured wools and showing a repeating design: South-Eastern Asia, Myanmar, Kachin, mid 20th century

Black cotton cloth shoulder bag woven in different coloured wools with some bead decoration: South-Eastern Asia, Myanmar, Kachin, mid 20th century

Rectangular black cotton shoulder bag woven in different coloured wools and showing a design of stylised human figures: South-Eastern Asia, Myanmar, Kachin, mid 20th century