Acrylic Bilum (Net Bag)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Nov 2019
label: Collection Date
content: 19 May 2012
name: label: Collector
content: Dr Barbara Andersen
notes: label: Notes
content: Bilum (bag) made of acrylic yarn. Bright yellow, with black wavy line near bottom, and band of black with yellow wavy line near top. Single handle. Donor notes: Maker, Evelyn Leo. Gift to donor from the maker. Yellow and black bilum worked in textured grille bilong pis (“fish scale”) technique. Mouth is black, joining stitches are yellow. A row of “half diamond” pattern is worked in black near the top, and a second row at the bottom. The handle is a thick doubled tube in yellow, ridged on the outside side with two bands of black.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Aug 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Koge, 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: E435220-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag
physicalDescription: label: Length - Base To Mouth
content: 26.7 cm
label: Width
content: 38 cm
label: Length - Handle
content: 56 cm