purse, carrying device, bags, bags

Purse or bag with long handle or shoulder strap.
Purse or bag made of yellowish orchid fibre and containing two Cowrie shells. There is a small bundle of fibres and coral bead attached near base of strap. Original classification: "H: Basketry and gourds, bags"

Oceania Melanesia

shell, orchid stem plant

LDUEC-H.0054

UCL Ethnographic Collections