Plant Fiber 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: Large bilum (bag) made of natural fiber yarn. Horizontal stripes in natural beige color and (very faded) blue. Single handle. Donor notes: Maker, Elly Tully. Cost: K50. A large working bilum constructed from bush rope. The handle is worked as a continuous round tube, resulting in a “doubled” fabric providing extra strength. The handle is joined to the “mouth” of the bilum with multiple large stitches. Alternating rows were dyed to form stripes with blue coloring bought from a tradestore in the town of Kundiawa.
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: E435215-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag
physicalDescription: label: Length - From Mouth To Base
content: 41.9 cm
label: Width - At Widest Point
content: 71 cm
label: Length - Handle
content: 61 cm