Plant Fiber Bilum (Net Bag)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Nov 2019
label: Collection Date
content: 21 Aug 2011
name: label: Collector
content: Dr Barbara Andersen
notes: label: Notes
content: Bilum (bag) made of natural-fiber yarn. Horizontal stripes, natural light and dark brown, plus blue and magenta. Single handle. Tassels/fringe along sides and bottom. Donor notes: Maker, Yore Tobias. Cost: K55. A medium-sized bilum made from bush rope. The two sides have been worked as separate pieces and joined together with dyed blue figure-8 stitches. The closed sides of the bilum have been decorated with dangling strings. One side features sections dyed blue and brown while the other side has both blue and pink dye as well as different shades of brown. The handle is a single flat piece with random variations in the color of the rope. The mouth is closed with fastening stitches in natural and dyed blue rope. The maker of this bilum was not available for interview at the time of purchase. The seller (Ellen Tom) indicated that it was constructed from string made from the fibers of a common tree, probably of the genus Ficus.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Aug 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Maimafu, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Gimi
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2077517
label: USNM Number
content: E435199-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag
physicalDescription: label: Length - From Mouth To Base (Excluding Dangling Strings/tassels)
content: 36.8 cm
label: Width - At Base
content: 38 cm
label: Length - Handle
content: 76 cm