DepartmentTextiles-Oceania

Bag, carrying

NameBag, carrying

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Dateca 1974

Place madeHIGHLANDS AREA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, OCEANIA

Mediumfiber

Dimensions15 3/8 x 17 5/16 in. (39 x 44 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Dr. Marshall Clinard Ph. D., A.1989.38.11

Object numberA.1989.38.11

Collections

Oceania

DescriptionWoven, knotted, dyed twine or vine fiber. Colored off-white, purple, red, and brown. Long brown strip forms handle and top edge of bag. Bag face has many narrow, horizontal stripes in alternating colors. Lower edge is widest.

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