Bag
Production date
Pre 1996
Country
Solomon Islands
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Object detail
Description
Flat woven bag with zip fastening at top. Fine plaited pandanus leaf with geometric design in black fibres.
Classification
INDIGENOUS CULTURES Melanesian & South Sea Islander
Maker
Production date
Pre 1996
Production place
Measurements
L. 330mm, W. 245mm
Media/Materials description
Plant fibre, nylon zip
Signature/Marks
Polynesian \ Weaving
History and use
This object is from the Helen Barrett collection, which was donated to Queensland Museum in 2014. Miss Helen Barrett worked as a nurse with the Australian Board of Mission in Solomon Islands from 1947 until 1984. Barrett was based at Tasia in Isabel Province, and Maravovo on Guadalcanal before being stationed at the Hospital of the Epiphany at Fauabu, Malaita from 1968 until 1984. In the 1990s, Barrett worked with the Mothers Union in the Torres Strait Islands. Her collection largely comprises of objects that were presented as gifts over the course of her missionary work in Melanesia.
According to the donor, this item was a originally conference bag given to delegates at the 1996 Provincial Conference of the Mothers Union of Melanesia.
According to the donor, this item was a originally conference bag given to delegates at the 1996 Provincial Conference of the Mothers Union of Melanesia.
Registration number
E40683
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