Bag woven of flattened and plaited plant material, likely from the Pacific Islands. It has a strap for carrying and widens at the bottom to hold more volume..
bags (generic containers)
plant fiber
Bag
Original To Stephen Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
Unknown
Pacific Island Group
8 1/4 x 16 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.3628
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