DepartmentTextiles-Oceania

Bag, carrying

NameBag, carrying

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Dateca 1982

Place madeMIDDLE SEPIC RIVER AREA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, OCEANIA

Mediumfiber

Dimensions34 5/8 x 21 1/4 x 9/16 in. (88 x 54 x 1.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Dr. Marshall Clinard Ph. D., A.1989.38.9

Object numberA.1989.38.9

DescriptionWoven ,tied, knotted twine, (probably commercially-produced and dyed twine.)
Yellow, blue, red and natural, and brown for handle. Open weave bag with shoulder handle. Bag is wider at bottom than at top, has large colored squares. On one side and bottom edge long knotted strings are attached.