Food container

Maker
Unknown Maker
Description
In 1974 Waikato Museum acquired a selection of items, including this container, from Graham Jackson. Jackson was a New Zealand anthropologist who spent time living with and researching the Kopon and the Kalam people of the Lower Kaironk Valley in Papua New Guinea.

Jackson fieldnotes: Food containers used for storing cooked food for a short time by hanging it in the house (above head level in the smoke).
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Media/Materials
Natural fibre.
Measurements
300 x 168 x 120mm - HxWxD
Department collection type
Credit line
Collection of Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
Accession number
1974/64/4

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