Woven sago leaf fibre bag with red, green and natural palm leaf coloured design, a plaited long strap and long coloured tassels. [SM 19/11/2010]

Collection type: Object
Description: Woven sago leaf fibre bag with red, green and natural palm leaf coloured design, a plaited long strap and long coloured tassels. [SM 19/11/2010]
Long description: Woven sago leaf fibre bag with red, green and natural palm leaf coloured design, a plaited long strap and long coloured tassels. The tassels are attached to the mouth of the bag. [SM 19/11/2010]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Gulf Province Kikori District Purari Delta Mapaio
Cultural groups: I'ai
Person: Maker Vaipa Kae Arua Akia; Field collector Joshua A. Bell; Field collector Sebastian Haraha; PRM source Joshua A. Bell
Date / Period: Date made: Circa 2002
Date collected: 10 July 2002
Acquisition information: Purchased: 2002
Materials and processes: Material Sago Palm Fibre Plant, Material Sago Palm Leaf Plant, Material Pigment, Process Woven, Process Dyed, Process Plaited, Process Tied
Dimensions: Width 170 mm, Length: max 1070 mm including tassels, Length 770 mm body & handles, Length 280 mm body only
Object numbers: Accession number: 2002.85.1 Other numbers: PD1
Associated publications: Listed on page 65 of Basketry: Making Human Nature (Norwich: Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, 2011): 'Akeke woven sago leaf-fibre bag, 2002 | Vaipa Kae Ama Akia, Mapaio, Purari Delta, Papua New Guinea, Pacific | Sago palm fibre, sago palm leaf | 107 cm | Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford (2002.85.1)'. (For details of the exhibition for which this was the catalogue, see under Display History.) [JC 9 9 2019]

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