Bag
ClassificationsClothing and Adornments-bags, pouches, and purses
Datemid 20th Century
Collection SitePapua New Guinea
Made AtPapua New Guinea
MediumPalm fibers
Dimensions11 1/4 × 17 1/2 × 4 in. (28.6 × 44.5 × 10.2 cm)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift
Object number2017.10.66.1
DescriptionA ritual magic bag with pouch collected from Papua New Guinea and dates back to the mid-20th Century. This dark brown bag is woven together by palm fibers. The bag contained a similarly woven small pouch with various ritual remains(see 2017.10.66.2-.3). Such items where essential tools in the practice of shamanism and belief of magic. On View
Not on view
20th Century
20th Century
Salish
early to mid 20th Century
c. 1900
early to mid 20th Century
