Museum Objects Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
World Cultures Collection |
Catalogue Number |
2011.16.1 |
Maker |
Linda Mwawesi |
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 interlaced red and blue dyed and natural colour leaves.The bag has a reinforced fibre wrapped edge with a triangular aperture below functioning as a handle. This bag was made in August 2010 by Linda Mwawesi of the Malasi clan and Lokwai tribe at the village of Wakeluve. |
Dimensions |
H-28.3 W-30 cm |
Place of Origin |
Wakeluve/Kiriwina Island/Milne Bay/Papua New Guinea/Melanesia |
Material |
Pandanus leaf |