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Bag2981/7

Rectangular basketry bag woven in a diagonal pattern. Long grass fringe at both bottom and top. Decorated with multi-coloured fabric strips attached to bad with beaded and seed thread. The top three attachments also hold carved teeth. The handle is five twisted pieces joined together by a knot at top.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
grass fibre, cotton fibre, dye, tooth and seed
Made in
Admiralty Islands, Manus, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag2981/6

Woven rectangular basketry bag with crisscross design in pink and blue. Bottom has a multi-coloured fringe. Handle is comprised four long twisted strands. Fringe sits at top of bag. Short ties close the bag.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
grass fibre and dye
Made in
Admiralty Islands, Manus, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag2981/5

Woven basketry bag with a long, four-strand shoulder strap. Long fringe on bottom. Zigzag pattern woven into bag in colours of red and green.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
grass fibre and dye
Made in
Admiralty Islands, Manus, Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag2981/4

Large bilum with an open weave. Bottom is rounded. Decorated with a pattern of diagonal bands of yellow, green, red, and purple. Top of bag is open with a flat woven green and yellow handle.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
grass fibre and dye
Made in
Mount Hagen, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag2981/3

Large bilum with an open weave. Bottom is rounded, as is opening. Handle is knotted at the top. Striped decorative pattern in red, yellow, brown and green.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
grass fibre and dye
Made in
Lae, Morobe, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag2981/2

Large bilum with an open weave. Bottom is rounded, and open at the top, with a thick handle. Bag has a pattern of narrow bands of black, red and grey-white as decoration across the surface.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
grass fibre and dye
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag2981/1

Woven bilum with curved bottom and handle. Fibre surface is decorated with a geometric pattern in pink and purple. Bag is also decorated with seed and feather ornaments, attached with beaded ties, all over one side and the egdes. The woven handle has small cowrie shells wound around it.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
grass fibre, feather, seed, shell, glass and dye
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag2948/27

Woven bag. The front is adorned with four horizontal stripes consisting of two tightly plaited cords above and below a bar of tan fibre which is woven into ‘v’ shapes. Light grey and brown feathers, some with black tips, drape down, tied with bast string holding coix seeds in diagonal crosses, followed by threads of coix and abrus seeds and cut sections of cassowary quill. More feathers and seeds are inside the bag. The strap is a loose braid of tighter braids of fibre, with two large knots in the middle. The ends of the strap are attached to the back with a knot near the top and continue down the back approximately 20 cm, woven intermittently into the body. A piece of cloth has been attached to the front with ‘Yasiu’ written in ink.

Culture
Asmat
Material
plant fibre, sago fibre, cassowary feather, abrus seed and coix seed
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag2948/26

Small woven bag of bast string with a long, narrow, braided strap. The bottom is flat with rounded corners. Mostly light tan, there is some darker discolouration. The bag has a faded dark grey, charcoal horizontal stripe across the middle that is 1cm at its narrowest and 2.5cm at its thickest. There is a similar dark grey patch along one side of the strap where the charcoal has transferred from the main body.

Culture
Asmat
Material
plant fibre and charcoal pigment
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag2948/25

A long, cylindrical, bast string bag in a loose weave with rounded base. Four charcoal-grey, horizontal stripes encircle the bag. Silver-grey stripes sit below. The braided strap has been interwoven on one side and tied to the opening on the opposite side.

Culture
Asmat
Material
plant fibre and charcoal pigment
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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