Museum Objects Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
World Cultures Collection |
Catalogue Number |
2011.16.6 |
Maker |
Boyawenu Siusiu |
Date |
2010 |
Object Name |
Bag |
Description |
A bag made of pandanus leaf from the Kiriwina Island (Trobriand Islands). The bag is decorated with a pattern of purple dyed and natural colour leaves in an interlaced check pattern. The bag has a reinforced fibre wrapped edge with a square aperture below functioning as a handle. The bag was made by Boyawenu Siusiu of the Malasi clan, Kuwakaya tribe at the village of Tubwada in August 2010. |
Dimensions |
H-29.3 W-30 cm |
Place of Origin |
Tubwada/Kiriwina Island/Milne Bay/Papua New Guinea/Melanesia |
Material |
Pandanus leaf |