bag (containers)

General view of object no. 1982.13i.
Detail view of object no. 1982.13i.
General view of object no. 1982.13i. Detail view of object no. 1982.13i.

Net bag (Bedamuni: ésa). A small net bag used to carry small quantities of produce, personal belongings, etc. Used mainly by (young) men.

Esas are invariably made by women. The rope is made from the bark of the gopéa tree (Buko, Gnetum gnemon). The fibre resulting from beating the bark is intertwined and twisted by the women on the thigh using crumbled white chalk (1982.20) to roughen the fibre.

Made by Wabame, of Mougulu village.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
1982.13i
PLACE
CULTURE
Bedamuni
MAKER
COLLECTOR / COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 425 mm x 245 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
buko fibre
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
On display: Horniman Museum > World Gallery > Oceania > Bedamuni
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