Fiber bag

Museum number:
11-42788
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
88 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3562
Description:
Bag, fiber, plaited; 20 cord handle, knotted at top; band of openwork around top of bag; untrimmed fiber on outside of bag. 27.0 cm. Used to carry personal belongings.
Donor:
Caroline Mytinger
Collection place:
Solomon Islands
Culture or time period:
Melanesian
Collector:
Caroline Mytinger
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Plaited weaving
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
July 22, 1980
Context of use:
Used to carry personal belongings.
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
length 27 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Fiber bag, accession number 11-42788, described as Bag, fiber, plaited; 20 cord handle, knotted at top; band of openwork around top of bag; untrimmed fiber on outside of bag. 27.0 cm. Used to carry personal belongings.

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