Acrylic Bilum (Net Bag)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Nov 2019
label: Collection Date
content: 24 May 2012
name: label: Collector
content: Dr Barbara Andersen
notes: label: Notes
content: Bilum (bag) made of acrylic yarn. One side is red with yellow bird motif, other side is black with white embroidered stars (together making the Papua New Guinea flag). Single handle with pompoms at top. Donor notes: Maker unknown. Gift to donor from Joanna Memsong. An acrylic bilum mimicking the colors and design of the Papua New Guinean flag. One side features a bird of paradise (in yellow-orange) against a red field; the other side six embroidered white stars (the southern cross constellation) against a black field, with one corner red. The handle is a doubled tube featuring elements of the same designs, and topped by three large “flowers” (pompoms) of all four colors. The handle is cut into three sections by two sets of four rows of fastening stitches, which also reinforce the handle's strength.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Aug 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Gahuku
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2077517
label: USNM Number
content: E435221-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag
physicalDescription: label: Length - Base To Mouth
content: 33 cm
label: Width
content: 48 cm
label: Length - Handle
content: 58 cm