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 fibers. (Undyed?) beige color, with darker brown and orange-brown patterns. Single handle. Donor notes: Maker, Sally. Gift to donor from Sally. A large working bilum constructed from Ficus fibers dyed with local plants. Kanaka is the Tok Pisin term for a "primitive or uneducated" [sic] Melanesian that is usually derogatory but in this context meant “traditional” or “made of bush materials”. The creator [Sally] is an unmarried girl from Karimui (Simbu Province) who has been sent by her family to Maimafu with the intention of marrying there.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 24 Mar 2021
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
label: Culture
content: Chimbu (Salt-Nomane)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2077517
label: USNM Number
content: E435200-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag
physicalDescription: label: Length - From Tip Of Handle To Base
content: 86 cm
label: Width - At Base
content: 56 cm