bag (containers)

Net bag (Bedamuni: ésa). A small net bag used by men for their personal equipment. The net bag is made from gopéa (Buko, Gnetum gnemon) rope and decorated with yellow colour (wuaaro).

Although used by men, these net bags are always made by women.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
1982.62i
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 477 mm x 180 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
buko fibre; yellow pigment (wuaaro)
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
World Gallery > Oceania > Bedamuni
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