Donor Name:

National Museum And Art Gallery  Search this

Length - Handle:

64 cm

Width - Handle:

1.5 cm

Length:

29 cm

Width:

31 cm

Object Type:

Bag

Place:

Finschhafen District, New Guinea / Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia

Accession Date:

14 Dec 1990

Notes:

Rectangular. Purple, red, yellow, and blue horizontal stripes, dyed with commercial dyes. Netted body, plain woven handle in purple, red, and green. The fiber is possibly "Gnetum gnemun", according to Mr. Kaiku Ombone, of the Papuan National Museum and Art Gallery. Used as a general purpose carrying bag.

Record Last Modified:

22 Aug 2019

Specimen Count:

1

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

378689

USNM Number:

E424800-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38fecd427-b864-430f-82ab-1869db8837bc

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8457944