Netted string bag made from a number of different tan, brown and black shades of string. [SM (Verve) 12/06/2014]

Collection type: Object
Description: Netted string bag made from a number of different tan, brown and black shades of string. [SM (Verve) 12/06/2014]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Oro Province Ijivitari District Collingwood Bay
Cultural groups: Ubir
Person: Field collector Arthur Kent Chignell; PRM source William Henry Chignell
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1908
Date collected: By 1908
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1908
Materials and processes: Material String Plant, Material Net Textile, Material Pigment, Process Netted, Process Twisted, Process Dyed
Dimensions: Height: max 360 mm, Width: max 445 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1908.70.72
Research and responses: It is clear that the field collector must have been Arthur Kent Chignell, a missionary at Wanigela from 1907, and William Henry Chignell, the donor (he was actually his father) see biographies for details [AP 23/04/2014 amended September 2015 to be clear]
The Ethnologue gives the current spelling of Ubiri as Ubir and says their home is 'Oro Province, Tufi District, coast of Collingwood Bay on the Kwagila River', for Maisin the Ethnologue says 'Oro Province, villages along coast of Collingwood Bay and Kosirava swamp.' [AP 11/5/2000]

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