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Mesh pocket

Mesh bag woven from liana, darker threads are woven into the light-coloured liana threads in some places, two handles for carrying

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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
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Object type
Tasche
Dimensions
35 x 49 cm
Material/Technique
Liana
braided
Object genre
clothing and accessory
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2193
Other number(s)
Linden-Museum: L2209/81
2193

Provenance and sources

where
Sepik-Region

where
Papua-Neuguinea
who
Speyer - Owners

where
Stuttgart

when
15.12.1971
where
Stuttgart
who
Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Former Owners
Description
Came to Mainz "together with 636 other objects in exchange for 732 objects from Pakistan and Afghanistan" (Brandstetter, Hierholzer 2018).

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