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1897.68.2

Net bag [.1] with a bundle of plaited straw and hay [.2] and rolled up bark cloth [.3] and fragment of netting inside [.4]. [SM (Verve) 19/06/2014]

1897.68.2

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Collection type
Object
Description
Net bag [.1] with a bundle of plaited straw and hay [.2] and rolled up bark cloth [.3] and fragment of netting inside [.4]. [SM (Verve) 19/06/2014]
Long description
Net bag [.1] with a bundle of plaited straw and hay [.2] and rolled up bark cloth [.3] and fragment of netting inside [.4]. The bag [.1] is made from undyed string. It has a short carrying strap. The bundle of plaited straw and hay [.2] is inside the bag. it comprises several straw plaits and lengths of hay. [.3] comprises a length of barkcloth that has been rolled around a wide band of plaited cane strips. [.4] is a specimen of undyed string netting that has been wrapped around two long thin pieces of split cane that are bent double and a wooden stick. [SM (Verve) 19/06/2014]
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Southeast New Guinea
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source William Downing Webster
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1897
Date collected
By 1897
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1897
Materials and processes
Material Net Textile, Material Wood Plant, Material Grass Fibre Plant, Material String, Material Cane Plant, Material Bark Cloth Textile Plant, Process Netted, Process Plaited, Process Woven, Process Bent
Object numbers
Accession number: 1897.68.2
Research and responses

The display label for this object from C.116.A "Rope, String and Netting" has a small capitol letter written in the bottom right corner in red or black ink. This letter refers to the type of netting used to create the object and is explained in a general case label. See "Display History" field for further information. [SM (Verve) 09/07/2014]

Search terms: Bag, Textile, Cordage, Barkcloth, Net, Netting Tool, Cord