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net bag

The slightly curved bag is made from dark brown plant fibres and is decorated with small white shells. The bag has a handle on the top. There are attached chains made from red berries on the edge of the opening.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen

Cataloguing data

Object type
bags (generic containers)
Dimensions
General: 37 × 34 × 1.5 cm
Material/Technique
Plant fibre; Abrus berry; Job's tear braided
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D10069
Other number(s)
http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/D10069

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1800-1893
    where
    Madang
  • Change of physical control
    when
    not documented
    who
    Kapitän Rohde - Former Possessors
    Kapitän Rohde - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic collections

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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