Billum bag
Humbodlt Bay, West Papua
Woven fiber, shell, Job’s tears, other shell rings and glass beads
Early 20th century
14" (35.5 cm) high by 17" (43 cm) wide
Frame: 21" (53.3 cm) by 22" (56 cm) wide
Provenance: Simon Kooijman Collection, Leiden, The Netherlands; Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden; Nicolas Jouwe (b.1924), Papuan leader and politician. Given by Jouwe to the museum around 1950.
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