Bag

Museum number:
11-45534
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21110045534
Alternate number:
EC-34 (temporary number)
Accession number:
Acc.4787
Description:
Woven, open mesh, string bag with drawstring closure. Woven of fiber that is variegated in color so that bag varies from ecru to caramel to sepia to taupe in 25-30 bands of color. Purchased from Yirrkala Arts and Crafts, Yirrkala, Northern Territories, by Nancy Williams. Gifted by Ms. Williams to Elizabeth Colson.
Donor:
Elizabeth Colson
Collection place:
Yirrkala, Northeast Arnhem Land, Northern Territory
Culture or time period:
Aboriginal Australians
Collector:
Elizabeth Colson
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bags (generic containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
September 9, 2011
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
width 21 centimeters and length 27 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 11-45534, described as Woven, open mesh, string bag with drawstring closure. Woven of fiber that is variegated in color so that bag varies from ecru to caramel to sepia to taupe in 25-30 bands of color. Purchased from Yirrkala Arts and Crafts, Yirrkala, Northern Territories, by Nancy Williams. Gifted by Ms. Williams to Elizabeth Colson.

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