| Object Number | 87-8-7 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Pipikoro |
| Provenience | Sulawesi |
| Creator | Tina Idjo |
| Date Made | ca. 1967 |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Bark Cloth | Seeds |
| Description | Betel bag (batutu). Used by man or woman to carry ingredients for betel nut chewing. Flat bag of brown-black barkcloth, trimmed with appliqued strips of white and yellow barkcloth. Large tassels of brown-black barkcloth hanging from short strings of tan and white seeds at bottom corners. Handle a strip of brown-black barkcloth. Body of bag from nunu lero (Ficus sp/: probably ficus infectoria) (see samples 87-8-29/31). Light-colored appliques from ambo (Broussonetia papyrifera), no longer cultivated in region. (See samples 87-8-45) Yellow sections colored with turmeric root (kunyi'). Made by Tina Idjo. |
| Width | 27.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lorraine V. Aragon, 1987 |
| Other Number | 21 - Other Number |
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