soneng: Tagabawa Bagobo abacá woven, glass trade beaded men's shoulder bag with brass bells and horse hair, c. 1900 - 1950
Donor:
Estate of Kenneth W. Payne, Kenneth W. Payne, and Peter Goldblum
Collection place:
Mindanao Island, Mindanao island group, Philippines
Verbatim coll. place:
Tagabawa Bagobo, S.E. Mindanao, Philippinjes
Culture or time period:
Bagobo
Collector:
Kenneth W. Payne
Materials:
Banana fiber (manila hemp is a type of buff-colored fiber obtained from musa textilis, a relative of edible bananas, which is also called manila hemp as well as abacá.), Brass (alloy) (bells), Cotton (textile), Glass (material) (beads), and Horsehair
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bags (generic containers)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Production date:
late 19th century
Accession date:
November 15, 2016
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
measured by appraisers— height 21 inches, measured by appraisers— width 8 inches, and measured by appraisers— depth 0.75 inches