bag
- Museum number
- Oc1925,1113.46
- Description
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Man's biting bag made of vegetable fibre string and vegetable fibre.
- Production date
- 1925 (before)
- Dimensions
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Height: 7.30 centimetres
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Width: 9.50 centimetres
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Depth: 23.70 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Listed as one of three 31, 32, 33 on list by Wilkin of material collected at Crocodile Islands August to December 1924.
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1925 register description:
46. Fibre string ball - stuffed with white silky vegetable fibre.
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These biting bags are also often referred to as spirit bags.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1925
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1925,1113.46