Bag woven from very narrow red, purple, yellow, and undyed, strips of palm leaf in a geometric design, and with 'RACHEL R.' woven around the rim. [JP 18/6/2004]

Collection type: Object
Description: Bag woven from very narrow red, purple, yellow, and undyed, strips of palm leaf in a geometric design, and with 'RACHEL R.' woven around the rim. [JP 18/6/2004]
Long description: The carrying strap consists of two lots of three plaits (approximately 550 mm long) of the different coloured palm leaf strips, extending from opposite sides of the rim of the bag, tied together in a knot at the top and with their ends fringed. There is also a short fringe on the base of the bag. [JP 18/6/2004]
Geographical reference: Vanuatu
Oceania > Melanesia > Vanuatu; Shefa Province Efafe Port Vila
Person: Field collector Rachel Robinson; PRM source Rachel Robinson
Date / Period: Date made: Before 03/2001
Date collected: February 1999 to March 2001
Acquisition information: Donated: 2004
Materials and processes: Material Plant Leaf, Material Pigment, Process Woven, Process Dyed
Dimensions: Height: max 380 mm, Width: max 100 mm, Length: max 270 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2004.56.7

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