Fiber Bag "ut"
Unidentified Abelam maker
Maprik Region
Papua New Guinea
late 19th-early 20th century, before 1929
Fiber and natural pigment dye
Overall: 24 × 25 in. (61 × 63.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the William B. and Evelyn F. Jaffe (58, 60, & 63) Fund
2002.58.35523
Geography
Place Made: Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Oceania
Period
19th century
Object Name
Personal Gear: Bag
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Exhibition History
Collectanea: The Museum as Hunter and Gatherer, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 21, 2005-February 12, 2006.
Provenance
Collected by Captain S. B. Boutilier on the Mai River (a tributary of the Sepik River) during the Crane Pacific Expedition of the Field Museum of Natural History, 1928-1929; by descent to his granddaughter; given to the Heritage Plantation of Sandwich, Massachusetts; by exchange to Hurst Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2000; sold to present collection, 2002.
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