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Medicine Box3038/2
Shaman’s medicine box made of two pieces of folded bark, one making up the outer back and sides, held together with stitched plant fibre at top and bottom. The box is a long rectangle with rounded edges, slightly wider at top. Three bands of light red woven root, moveable and of differing lengths, are wrapped around the box to hold it closed. Two short wrapped bands of root(?) are attached to flaps at both top and bottom and hold two long handles made of strips of plant fibre.
- Culture
- Mentawai
- Material
- bark, plant fibre and root ?
- Made in
- Siberut, West Sumatra, Indonesia
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
Medicine Box3038/1
Shaman’s medicine box made of two pieces of folded bark, held together with a type of stitched plant fibre at the top and bottom. The box is a long rectangle with rounded edges, slightly wider at top. Two bands of woven root, one light in colour, the other dark, are wrapped around the box at the middle and top. Two short wrapped bands of root are attached to flaps at both top and bottom and hold a long handle made of a strip of plant fibre.
- Culture
- Mentawai
- Material
- bark and plant fibre
- Made in
- Siberut, West Sumatra, Indonesia
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia