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bag

On display
human history
  • Other Name

    bilum

  • Description

    netted bag, constructed by a looping technique, created with light brown, dark brown and blue coloured fibre, ornamented on one side only with Job's tears seeds in three rows, one along the top edge, one below halfway and one along the bottom edge of the bag and seven columns of three shells wide evenly spaced across the bag

  • Place
    Madang Province/Papua New Guinea
  • Accession Number
    1958.57.99
  • Other Id

    35332 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

  • Display Room

    Pacific Masterpieces

bag, 35332, Cultural Permissions Apply

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  • bag, 35332, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • bag, 35332, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • bag, 35332, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • bag, 35332, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • bag, 35332, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • bag, 35332, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • bag, 35332, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • bag, 35332, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • bag, 35332, Cultural Permissions Apply

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