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]

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 bundle of plaited straw and hay [.2] is inside the bag. It comprises several straw plaits and lengths of hay. [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 Grass Fibre Plant, Material String, Process Plaited
Dimensions: Width: max 105 mm, Length: max 226 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1897.68.2.2
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]

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