Acrylic Bilum (Net Bag)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Nov 2019
label: Collection Date
content: 8 Apr 2012
name: label: Collector
content: Dr Barbara Andersen
notes: label: Notes
content: Small bilum (bag) made of acrylic yarn. Blue with red yellow and green horizontal stripes and zig zag. Single handle. Donor notes: Maker, Charlotte Terry and Veronica Naur. Cost: K20. An acrylic bilum in four colors: blue, red, yellow, and green, with blue as the “boss” or principal color. The stitching technique used is called “grille bilong pis” or “fish scale”, which gives a ridged appearance to the outside of the bilum. Two tiers of “half-diamond” pattern are separated by three tiers of red, yellow, and green stripes. The handle is a doubled tube of fish scale stitches in all four colors. This bilum was started by Charlotte Terry and completed by her mother, Veronica Naur
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Aug 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Mirane, Simbu Province, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chimbu (Kuman)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2077517
label: USNM Number
content: E435208-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag
physicalDescription: label: Length - Mouth To Base
content: 21.6 cm
label: Width - At Base
content: 33 cm
label: Length - Handle
content: 48 cm