Bilum (Net Bag)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 May 2017
label: Collection Date
content: 16 Jan 2011
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Joshua A. Bell
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: Bilum made with yarn looped in a figure eight looping. Light blue background, with red and darker blue lines, forming a kundu or drum design pattern (an hour-glass shape on its side), which covers the body of the bag. The handle is a single strap with red, blue, and light blue vertical stripes. Both sides of the handle are sewn into the bilum with red yarn. The top edge of the bag is light purple, red, and light blue.
label: Notes
content: Donor notes: "Cost, 50 kina. This bilum was made by Rebecca Iuperi of the Kapahue clan of Bena. She makes bilums in 2-3 weeks for sale to help support her family. It was unclear when she migrated to Goroka from the Bena area."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Aug 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Goroka, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Bena
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2058627
label: USNM Number
content: E435183-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 54.5 cm
label: Width
content: 45 cm
label: Length - Body
content: 37.5 cm
label: Length - Handle
content: 19 cm