Man’s Bag


This bag is woven in knotless netting from various shades of twisted bark fiber string and decorated with black pig’s tails and five pairs of boar’s tusks.

Title: Man’s Bag

Artist: Unknown

Creation Date: 1991

Geography: Indonesia, Papua

Culture: Dani

Medium: Bark fiber, pig tail, boar tusk

Technique: Knotless netting

Dimensions: 17 x 27 cm. (6.69 x 10.63 in.)

Classification: Accessories Carried

Credit Line: Gift of Fleur Hampton in memory of Dr. O. W. Hampton, 2020

Object ID: H93-WB026