Net Bag
29-50-254
From: New Guinea | German New Guinea | Sepik River | Tshabanaut
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 29-50-254 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Iatmul |
| Provenience | New Guinea | German New Guinea | Sepik River | Tshabanaut |
| Date Made | ca. 1913 |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Plant Fiber |
| Technique | Twined |
| Description | Twined net carrying bag. Strap is a continuation of the twined strip around the top of the body of the bag. Natural color with red and black designs: sets of red, black, red stripes at top and bottom with zig-zag pattern of red and black triangles and red and black patterned squares in between. |
| Width | 84 cm |
| Depth | 40 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924 |
| Other Number | 498 - Other Number |
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