MVC-0490 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Bag; 21.2 cm h, 30 cm w, 7 cm deep; beige and dark brown plaited bag with triangular patterns enclosed in squares in body of bag; 4 cm of cross hatched pattern at bottom and zig zag at top; bag held together with three .5 cm bands of bamboo encircling bag lengthwise and looped over horizontal reinforcement at top; horizontal band forms bottom part of half circular handles on back sand front two handles) ; all bands embellished with brown and beige wrapped elements; back has bamboo band connecting superstructure of bag as described above to bag’s lid (4 cmh x 23 cm l) geometrically patterned in dark brown and straw colored; bottom and top of bag have stabilizing elements lashed on.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Philippines
Verbatim coll. place:
Philippines
Culture or time period:
Filipino
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Materials:
Bamboo (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bags (generic containers) and Plaited weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 21.2 centimeters, depth 7 centimeters, and width 30 centimeters