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D09074 woven bag

The handbag made from brown plant fibres is rectangular and rounded. 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: 47.5 × 35 × 3 cm
Material/Technique
Rotang; wet snail shell; plant fibre | snail embroidery
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D09074

Provenance and sources

when
1800-1913 (?)
where
Papua New Guinea (?)
who
Ludwig Cohn (de.fiz.ddb.model.ddbobject.WhenType$Begin@21503baf - de.fiz.ddb.model.ddbobject.WhenType$End@797ad5ca)

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