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Medium:
Medium: plant fiber Technique: figure-8 looping
Dimensions:
47 x 56 cm (18 1/2 x 22 1/16 in.)
Type:
non-woven textiles
Bag (bilum)
Made in:
New Guinea
Date:
20th century
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Square bag of heavy, closely-twisted cord, striped with horizontal rows of fiber dyed alternately green, orange and brownish violet, with rows of undyed fiber. Handle of same looped cord.
Credit Line:
Gift of Alice W. Macdonald
Accession Number:
1966-17-2
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Textiles Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4288909a1-8461-4373-b920-b7024e2b454b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1966-17-2