Bilum (Net Bag)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 May 2017
label: Collection Date
content: 8 Mar 2010
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Joshua A. Bell
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: Donor notes: [Purchased for] 50 Kina... Bilum (string bag) made of interlocking figure eight loops of store bought red, black, green and yellow nylon thread. Handle is half red and black, half yellow and green whereas the bilum itself is striped yellow, black, red and green with no apparent pattern.This bilum was made by Simom who is originally from Lilofa area of the Eastern Highlands. She didn't know her age (approximately 40) and has been in Goroka for two weeks.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Aug 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Goroka Town, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Lilofa
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2058626
label: USNM Number
content: E435153-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag
physicalDescription: label: Total Length
content: 49.5 cm
label: Width
content: 41 cm
label: Length - Basket Only
content: 29.5 cm
label: Length - Handle
content: 20 cm