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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Billum Bag
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Billum Bag

Maker New Guinean
Date20th century
Made/manufacturedAsia
MediumFiber, pigments
Dimensions26 1/2 x 22 1/2 x 1/2 in. (67.3 x 57.2 x 1.3 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineGift of Dr. Samuel Spring
Object numberS85-SPNG-G144
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionNon-rigid loosely woven string on fiber bag with woven handle.
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
New Guinean
last half 20th century
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
New Guinean, Sepik River
last half 20th century
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
New Guinean, Sepik River
20th century
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
New Guinean
20th century
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
New Guinean, Trobriand Islands
20th century
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
New Guinean
20th century
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
New Guinean
ca. 1912
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
New Guinean
20th century
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Papua New Guinea
Late 19th to early 20th century
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Papua New Guinea
no date
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
New Guinean, Middle or Lower Sepik
20th century
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
New Guinean, Blackwater River, Sepik
20th century