Fibre string bag, trimmed with shells and cord neck string. There is a wooden splint inside which holds the bag's structure. [BS [OPS Move] 14/11/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Fibre string bag, trimmed with shells and cord neck string. There is a wooden splint inside which holds the bag's structure. [BS [OPS Move] 14/11/2016]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Person: Field collector Beatrice Mary Blackwood; PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1937
Date collected: By 1937
Acquisition information: Donated: 1938
Materials and processes: Material Plant Fibre Yarn, Material Shell, Process Plaited, Process Twisted, Process Woven
Dimensions: Depth: max 20 mm, Width: max 67 mm, Length: max 233 mm approx
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.36.1661 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 1603

Search terms: Bag, Ornament, Neck Ornament

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