Plant Fiber Bilum (Net Bag)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Nov 2019
label: Collection Date
content: 6 Apr 2012
name: label: Collector
content: Dr Barbara Andersen
notes: label: Notes
content: Large, elongated crescent-shaped bilum (bag) made of natural fibers. (Undyed?) beige color. Donor notes: Maker, Paiko. Cost: K30. A large bilum made from undyed plant fibers, probably tulip (Gnetum gnemon), worked in a basic figure-8 stitch. The mouth is reinforced with tightly looped stitches on either side. When untied and laid flat the bilum forms a crescent shape. The two ends are knotted together before carrying. This bilum was produced for sale at the Main Market in Mount Hagen, the largest town in the Papua New Guinea Highlands. Though referred to as “Tari style” (referring to the Huli region of Southern Highlands Province) the maker is in fact from Pangia, a culturally and linguistically distinct region of the same province.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Aug 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Mount Hagen, Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Pangia (Wiru/Imbongu?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2077517
label: USNM Number
content: E435202-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag
physicalDescription: label: Length - Including Handles (Diagonal Measurement)
content: 91 cm
label: Width - At Widest Point
content: 64 cm