Bark wallet (used to carry pearlshell), mid 20th century, collected 1969 ::

Other Titles: Wallet (used to carry Kina shell)
Bark pearl shell wrapper
Place where the work was made: Tambul → Tambul-Nebilyer District → Western Highlands Province → Papua New Guinea
Cultural origin: Kakoli people
Dates: mid 20th century
collected 1969
Media category: Ceremonial object
Materials used: folded length of pandanus palm bark, plant fibre, red and white pigments
Dimensions: 24.5 x 21.7 x 2.0 cm
Credit: Gift of Stan Moriarty 1978
Location: Not on display
Accession number: 318.1978
Copyright: © Kakoli people, under the endorsement of the Pacific Islands Museums Association's (PIMA) Code of Ethics
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Aboriginal and Melanesian art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 Oct 1974 -
Plumes and pearlshells: art of the New Guinea highlands, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 30 May 2014–10 Aug 2014

Paul Sillitoe, Made in Niugini: Technology in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, London, 1988, 388-391. Detailed description of the making of a Wola bark pearlshell wrapper.
Tony Tuckson, Aboriginal and Melanesian art, Sydney, 1973, 54. cat.no. H157
Natalie Wilson (Editor), Plumes and pearlshells: art of the New Guinea highlands, Sydney, 2014, 44, 67 (colour illus.), 159. cat.no. 10