Museum Objects Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
World Cultures Collection |
Catalogue Number |
2011.16.3 |
Maker |
Ilakekivi Utula |
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 red and green dyed and natural colur leaves. The bag has a reinforced fibre wrapped edge with an aperture below functioning as a handle. The bag was made by Ilakekivi Utula of the Lukasisiga clan and Liliu tribe at the village of Obweria in Kiriwina Island (Trobriand Islands) in August 2010. |
Dimensions |
H-35 W-34 cm |
Place of Origin |
Obweria/Kiriwina Island/Milne Bay/Papua New Guinea/Melanesia |
Material |
Pandanus leaf |