One carrying bag and five aprons
Papua New Guinea - Huon Gulf
sold
EUR 250
Provenance
Sofie Bezler, Vellberg, GermanyDescription
carrying bag (net bag), made of twisted bast fibres, manufactured in so-called hourglass- or figure-of-eight loops and thus particularly stretchable, l: 61 cm, b: 75 cm
In addition, five aprons divers: one lush skirt-like apron made of shredded sago palm feathers, w: 77 cm (waistband), l: ca. 50 cm; four aprons, each in two parts, with front and back sections, made of sago leaves (metroxylan), on broad bands of rushes with twisted cords to tie around, the fibres partly dyed, various waistband widths and lengths