Knotted string bag or basket. Close-meshed, the brown fibre bag is cylindrical in shape and knotted. Used for carrying betel mixture ingredients. [RM [OPS move] 23/11/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Knotted string bag or basket. Close-meshed, the brown fibre bag is cylindrical in shape and knotted. Used for carrying betel mixture ingredients. [RM [OPS move] 23/11/2016]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; New Britain Bismarck Archipelago South-west Coast Kandrian (Moewehafen) Alomos Village
Cultural groups: Arawe
Person: Field collector Beatrice Mary Blackwood; PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
Date / Period: Date made: Before 08/1937
Date collected: 18 June 1937
Acquisition information: Donated: 1938
Materials and processes: Material Creeper Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Material Net Textile, Process Knotted, Process Netted, Process Split
Dimensions: Depth: max 20 mm, Length: max 311 mm, Width: max 192 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.36.1199 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 1131
Research and responses: Note: Alomos village is the name used by the collector. This village may have moved, may no longer exist or the name could have subsequently changed. [CK 05 09 1997]