- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Man's bag, looped from two-ply plant fibre string, with looped carrying strap. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 18/1/2006]
- Geographical reference
- Southern Highlands District Was River Valley
- Cultural groups
- Wola
- Person
- Field collector Paul Sillitoe
- PRM source Trustees of the British Museum
- PRM source British Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1978
- Date collected
- 1976 - 1978
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1979
- Materials and processes
- Material Plant Fibre Yarn, Process Looped
- Dimensions
- Length: max 530 mm inc strap, Width: max 200 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1979.21.80
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