Dilly bag

Made:
1880-1910 in Papua New Guinea and Queensland

Dilly bag, double bag is fibre mesh, outer bag docorated with brown and blue stripes, for carrying mummified body, said to be from North Queensland, 1881-1910

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A300298
Materials:
fibre, string mesh
type:
human remains and dilly bag
credit:
Wellcome Trust