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Two old incised bamboo containers, Aitinyo area, Sorong…
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Sydney
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8-May-2016
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Two old incised bamboo containers, Aitinyo area, Sorong District West Papua, [2], These are owned and used by women to save important wealth items such as bird of paradiseFeathers & ancient woven Textiles. These textiles were traded from the Sultan of Tidore and Timorese traders, who regularly came to this part of the Island of New Guinea to buy bird of paradisefeathers. Provenance: field collected by Todd Barlin in Fategomi village in 1985. On left the owner was: Pauline Kambu on right: Antonia Antoh. 41 cm, 50 cm
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Tribal: New Guinean