Bidspirit auction | Murik Basket Bag, with Handles

Murik Basket Bag, with Handles - Basket bag with handles, and fibrous tufts at corners, intricate multi-colored (grey, beige, red) weave design. Similar items described as carrying bags to be worn over the shoulder or arm gifted by Louis Pierre Ledoux to the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University (36-105-70/388), and the American Museum of Natural History - Division of Anthropology (80/9018). Locale: Kaup, Murik Lakes, Lower Sepik River Country: Papua New Guinea Material: Plant fiber, pigment Date: circa 1900 Dimensions: 18” x 24” Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection Similar items: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University (36-105-70/388) https://pmem.unix.fas.harvard.edu:8443/peabody/view/objects/asitem/search$0040/5/title-desc?t:state:flow=8d69fbdf-eb8d-4acb-8afe-30 5030b8cd2c American Museum of Natural History - Division of Anthropology (80/9018) https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=80%2E0%2F%209018