Bag looped from plant fibre string, with coloured patterning and ornamental stitching on one side only. Carrying strap. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 23/1/2006]

Collection type: Object
Description: Bag looped from plant fibre string, with coloured patterning and ornamental stitching on one side only. Carrying strap. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 23/1/2006]
Long description: Bag looped from plant fibre string, with coloured patterning and ornamental stitching on one side only. Carrying strap. THe pattern consists of a band of square block design, a band of vertical rectangles and a band of horizontal rectangles. Two ends of string have become detached from each other on the strap near the centre. [SM 19/11/2010]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Yodda River valley
Person: Field collector Henry Stewart Bonaventure Rohu; PRM source Henry Stewart Bonaventure Rohu
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1904
Date collected: Before 1904
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1904
Materials and processes: Material String, Material Plant Fibre, Material Pigment, Process Looped, Process Dyed, Process Netted
Dimensions: Width: max 315 mm, Length: max 410 mm inc strap
Object numbers: Accession number: 1904.60.62.2

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