Net Bag
29-50-232
From: New Guinea | German New Guinea | Sepik River | Timbunke
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | 29-50-232 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | New Guinea | German New Guinea | Sepik River | Timbunke |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Plant Fiber | Feather | Tusk |
Description | Man's netting bag decorated with feathers and with a V-shaped row of split boar's tusks (26) along top in front. Upper border of this row is edged by double row of large cowries; from angular point of V hangs large clam shell. |
Length | 45 cm |
Width | 29 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924 |
Other Number | 227 - Other Number |
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