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D09073 net bag

The handbag made from brown plant fibres is semi-circular. There is a large handle on the side of the opening. The entire front is decorated with nassa snail shells.

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Übersee-Museum Bremen Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
bags (generic containers)
Dimensions
General: 38 × 29 × 1 cm
Material/Technique
Plant fibre; Job's tear; wet snail shell | snail embroidery
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D09073

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1800-1910 (?)
    where
    East Sepik Province (?)
  • Change of physical control
    who
    Ludwig Cohn (1873 - 1935)

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Legal status metadata
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