Record metadata:
Type | Cultural Object (2014 Definition) |
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Title | IIc 6474 |
Keywords | Bag for man |
Description | A bag made from handwoven cloth (kola, M) and shells, presumably worn by a man to carry his implements. The shells decorating the cord indicated a person of high status may have owned this bag.The base of the bag and the end of the fringes are decorated with white glass beads. |
Creator of Object | Presumed Makasae people |
Date Created | Pre August 1935 |
Place Created | Presumed Baguia Sub-district, Baucau District, Timor-Leste |
Object Type | Personal object |
Dimensions | Bag: 45 cm high (incl. fringe) x 15.5 cm wide Cord: 47 cm length |
Use status in 2014 | Not used |
Material | Hand woven cloth (kola, M, tais, T), shells and white glass beads. |
Technique | Hand woven and dyed |
Institution/Holder: object | Museum der Kulturen Basel |
Collector | Dr Alfred Bühler |
Date Collected | August 1935 |
Place Collected | Baguia Sub-district, Baucau District, Timor-Leste |
File Copyright | Museum der Kulturen Basel. Photograph taken by Joanna Barrkman, 2014 |
MKB/Buehler object title | Tasche; Männertasche mit Tragband, G lessuloda |
Production status in 2014 | Not made |
Timorese Language Term/s | Lode, M Kohe, T |
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