Accession No
2007.479
Description
Bag - String bag. The actual square bag is made of fibre coloured with five fields consisting of five black stripes each. Attached to the top are 14 loops made of cane which hold the plant fibre string that runs down to the right and left bottom corners of the bag. The string loops on either side and is worn over the shoulders, with the bag worn on the back. When the string is pulled through the cane rings the top of the bag closes.
Place
Asia; East Asia; Taiwan
Period
Source
Whitehorn, John Nevile (Rev.) [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
2007.479
Cultural Affliation
Paiwan
Material
Plant fibre; Cane
Local Term
sikan
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
(bio) Reverend John Whitehorn Collected before 1969.
Event Date 29/11/2007
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
String bag. The actual square bag is made of fibre coloured with five fields consisting of five black stripes each. Attached to the top are 14 loops made of cane which hold the plant fibre string that runs down to the right and left bottom corners of the bag. The string loops on either side and is worn over the shoulders, with the bag worn on the back. When the string is pulled through the cane rings the top of the bag closes.
Event Date 29/11/2007
Author: maa
FM:265758
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