Acrylic 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 acrylic yarn. Red, yellow, green and black horizontal stripes. Single handle. Donor notes: Maker, Ellen Tom. Cost: K65. A handbag-sized bilum made from tightly looped alternating rows of black, green, yellow and red acrylic yarn. The base, mouth, and one side are fastened with tight loops of olive green yarn. A short handle is worked in a tighter version of the same pattern, giving a ridged appearance. The looping technique is similar to that known as dam kaal men in the Telefolmin area (MacKenzie 1991). This style of bilum was developed by women in the Crater Mountain area to sell to tourists via a conservation NGO. In 2007 the community ejected the NGO and have stopped selling these bilums. This item is a remnant from that period. According to Ellen Tom, it is based on a traditional pattern that would customarily be made with dyed “bush rope” and has features that are unique to the Crater Mountain area.
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: E435197-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag
physicalDescription: label: Length - From Mouth To Base
content: 38 cm
label: Width - At Base
content: 41 cm
label: Length - Handle
content: 43 cm