knapsack
- Museum number
- As1993,22.1
- Description
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Knapsack, carrying basket ("bango"); made of rattan and tree bark; rectangular basket plaited of tree bark with rattan frame around bottom; braided bark straps to go over shoulders attached on each side to bottom and top corner; water-proof flap of tree bark with loose fibres on oustide folded over top of basket.
- Production date
- 19thC(late)-20thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Height: 22 centimetres
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Weight: 1.72 kilograms
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Width: 60 centimetres
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Depth: 43 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- This type of knapsack was traditionally used only by men, and was used either a) by the leader of a pig-hunting party and used to bring the dismembered quarry back to the village; b) used in a curing or status-display ceremonial; or c) used to carry a cloth shirt and tools to the fields.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1993
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- As1993,22.1