Baby sling made of plant fibre and decorated with cockle shells. A length of leaf or bark has been folded in half. At one end are lengths of netting, two with knots in the end. At the other is a bundle of leaves. One of the lengths of netting passes around the bark to about half way, where it is tied to it with string. From this has been tied another length of netting that ends on two cockle shells. The outside of the bark is decorated with vertical lines of pigment.
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