Acrylic Bilum (Net Bag)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Nov 2019
label: Collection Date
content: 9 Apr 2012
name: label: Collector
content: Dr Barbara Andersen
notes: label: Notes
content: Small bilum (bag) made of acrylic yarn.Black, red, and green diamonds, with embroidered emblems. Single handle. Donor notes: Maker, Theresia Thomas. Cost: K60. An acrylic bilum featuring elements from both the national flag of Papua New Guinea and the provincial flag of Simbu Province. Black diamonds embroidered with white stars are the central element, with two green triangles between them containing the logo of Simbu Province: crossed red spears, a white loop of chain, and a yellow coffee branch. At the outside corners of the black triangles are red triangles, the top two of which contain the Bird of Paradise figure from the PNG flag. The base of the bilum is closed with red yarn. The handle is a doubled tube of green and red diamonds on a black field.
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)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2077517
label: USNM Number
content: E435218-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag
physicalDescription: label: Length - From Mouth To Base
content: 33.5 cm
label: Width - At Base
content: 39.4 cm
label: Length - Handle
content: 48 cm