Exhibition: Material Culture

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

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