Bag
Item number Ie433 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
Item number Ie433 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Small, string, u-shaped bag (bilum) with long handle loosely tied in 'fish-net' style. White/brown overall, discoloured in some areas and some red patches of dye.
String bags are made by women and used by both sexes. Worn on the back with the handle-strap under one arm and over opposite shoulder. The large ones are used for firewood, bananas, sweet potatoes and other foodstuffs, carrying pigs and other animals, and also as hammocks for babies. The small bags are used to hold items needed during the day such as, food, pipe and tobacco.
The string-like structure is from the inside of pandanus leaves which are dried and rolled on the knee to make a length and then tied like a fish net.
carrying
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Small, string, u-shaped bag (bilum) with long handle loosely tied in 'fish-net' style. White/brown overall, discoloured in some areas and some red patches of dye.
The string-like structure is from the inside of pandanus leaves which are dried and rolled on the knee to make a length and then tied like a fish net.
String bags are made by women and used by both sexes. Worn on the back with the handle-strap under one arm and over opposite shoulder. The large ones are used for firewood, bananas, sweet potatoes and other foodstuffs, carrying pigs and other animals, and also as hammocks for babies. The small bags are used to hold items needed during the day such as, food, pipe and tobacco.
carrying
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