Funerary Exchange

73-13-1

From: New Guinea | Trobriand Islands

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Native Name Nununiga
Object Number 73-13-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | Trobriand Islands
Section Oceanian
Materials Banana Leaf | Plant Fiber
Description

Banana leaf bundle. Used in morturary exchanges (sagali). Made and distributed by women of north Kiriwina only.

Credit Line Gift of Dr. Annette Weiner, 1973

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