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: Cost, 40 kina. Bilum (string bag) made of interlocking figure eight loops of twisted bark fiber rope known as isocusäbe (Bena term). This bilum was made for sale and sold at the Goroka bilum Market by Nancy Bune. A migrant from Bena region of the Eastern Highlands, Nancy has lived in Goroka for 10 years. As with other women in the market, Nancy sells her bilums to tourists and other Papua New Guineans as a way to earn money for her family. Sold for 40 kina. The bilum is nearly rectangular and dyed naturally, with varying shades of tan and brown. There does not seem to be a pattern to the areas that are darker or lighter. There is one small area in the lower right corner that has store dyed green thread. Handle looped on, made in a way consistent with the rest of the bilum, single handle.
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: Bena
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2058626
label: USNM Number
content: E435152-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag
physicalDescription: label: Total Length
content: 65.5 cm
label: Width
content: 34.5 cm
label: Length - Basket Only
content: 37.5 cm
label: Length - Handle
content: 27.5 cm