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Bag

Women carry heavy loads in knotted mesh bags of this kind. The handle is placed around the forehead and the bag hangs over one's back. Mesh bags are ideal for the transportation of small children. The production of the strings and the looping technique have remained unchanged to this day and the bags are still very popular. To measure the scale, the photo also shows a small men's bag.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Tasche
Dimensions
Width: 680.0 mm
Height: 410.0 mm
Material/Technique
Plant fibre
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/0039

Provenance and sources

  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    New Guinea (location/origin)
    Melanesia (location/origin)
    Oceania (location/origin)
    Papua New Guinea (location/origin)
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

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