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D07170 woven bag

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

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Übersee-Museum Bremen
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Object type
handbags
Dimensions
General: 18.5 × 33.5 × 1.5 cm
Material/Technique
Rotang; plazen fibre; wet snail shell | snail embroidery
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D07170

Provenance and sources

when
1800-1913 (?)
where
East Sepik Province (?)

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