bag
- Museum number
- Oc1947,11.3
- Description
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Vegetable fibre string bag, closely plaited in shades of brown. Thickly ornamented with rows of nassa shells and elaborate pendants partly bound with red vegetable epidermis and black hair.
- Dimensions
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Length: 22.50 inches
- Curator's comments
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Register 1947
Finschhafen, New Guinea.
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Poror Nombo and Pinabin Sisau, Melansia Project 4 August 2009. Body of bag made of Aborma Augustus or Melanolepis multiglandulosa (Sterculiaceae).
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Circular metal rimmed British Museum label:
New Guinea
T.T [Trust Territory]
[Sepik-Ramu]
i.e a stylistic identification by a curator
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1947
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1947,11.3
