bag
- Museum number
- Oc1856,0709.20
- Description
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Netted bag for sling stones, made of vegetable fibre string.
- Dimensions
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Height: 42 centimetres
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Width: 17.50 centimetres
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Depth: 1.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Sling bag worn around the neck. This bag is typical of the style made in the north of New Caledonia. Information received from Francois Wadra and Jessica Wamytan, Melanesia Art Project, May 2008.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1856
- Acquisition notes
- 'Presented by Sir John Liddell, Admiralty in the name of Lords of the Admiralty (all collected by the Officers of H.M. Ship Herald).'
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1856,0709.20
