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D08781 woven bag
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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
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Object type
handbags
Dimensions
General: 42 × 26 × 2.5 cm
Material/Technique
Wet snail shell; plant fibre | snail embroidery
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D08781

Provenance and sources

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

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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