Bag

Description

Bag of coconut fibre with diagonal black and brown stripes and shell discs: Polynesia, Tonga, 18th century

Museum reference

A.UC.473

Collection

Oceania

Object name

Bag

Production information

Tonga, Polynesia

Date

18th century

Materials

Coconut fibre

Physical description

Coconut fibre; diagonal black and brown stripes, shell discs

Exhibitions

• Facing the Sea (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Pacific Encounters: Art and Divinity in Polynesia 1760 - 1860 (21 May 2006 - 14 Sep 2008)
  Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
  Musée du Quai Branly

On display

national museum of scotland »
level 3 »
world cultures, facing the sea »
pf.4