One carrying bag and five aprons ·  Papua New Guinea - Huon Gulf · ID: 3048837

Description

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

The object One carrying bag and five aprons with the object ID 3048837 was last part of the auction 98th Auction at March 26, 2022 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 125 achieved a sales price of EUR 250.

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Comparing literature

Aumann, Georg, Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Coburg 1986, p. 152, ill. 354