A single high strap handle
Known for its advanced urban planning
The Chancay civilization flourished along Peru’s central coast
spanning present-day southwestern Colombia and northern Ecuador
their standardized sizes and occurrence in hoards strongly suggest a role as proto-currency—an early
Dani Tree-Bark Fibre Net Bag (Noken) sarong A single high strap handleDani People, EarlyMid 20th Century, Baliem Valley, Irian Jaya (Papua), Indonesia A gorgeous and impressively crafted noken (also known as bilum), loosely knitted from hand processed tree bark fibre and decorated with horizontal bands in natural colourslikely including yellow orchid fibre. Designed with a long strap for carrying across the forehead, the bag would hang down the users back to transport plantation produce, firewood, river catch, or