Acrylic Bilum (Net Bag)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Nov 2019
label: Collection Date
content: 28 May 2012
name: label: Collector
content: Dr Barbara Andersen
notes: label: Notes
content: Very small bilum (net bag) made of acrylic yarn, made for a mobile phone/cellphone by artist Saina. Blue with green horizontal stripes at center. Flap with button closure at the top. Single handle. Donor notes: Maker, Saina. Cost: K6. A small bilum case for a mobile phone in grey-blue with three thin stripes of light green. The acrylic yarn used for this bilum is unplied (not rolled against the thigh for strength) and is in its original store-bought state. The case has a small triangular flap at the top which fastens to the body of the bilum with a translucent green plastic button. The stitching of the flap is reinforced with weft threads. The body of the bilum is tightly looped with a reinforced stitch that simulates a weft and helps maintain the bilum's shape. The handle is also reinforced with similar complex loops. This bilum was sold at a women's health awareness fair in Goroka run by Mercy Works, a charitable NGO associated with the Catholic Diocese.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Feb 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Gahuku
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2077517
label: USNM Number
content: E435226-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 15 cm
label: Width
content: 8 cm
label: Length - Handle
content: 76 cm