Plant Fiber Bilum (Net Bag)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Nov 2019
label: Collection Date
content: 26 May 2012
name: label: Collector
content: Dr Barbara Andersen
notes: label: Notes
content: Small bilum (bag) made of undyed, natural fiber yarn. Long handle. Donor notes: Maker, Sally. Cost: K20. A small bush rope bilum with a long handle. The rope is a natural brown/beige color, thick and quite coarse. The figure-8 loops are large and open. The mouth of the bilum is closed with a simple fastening stitch. The handle is unusually long and is worked with much larger loops. The seller did not know the name of the tree from which the rope was made. This type of (traditionally men's) bilum was very popular among young people (particularly university and college students) at the time of purchase. The style is associated with Southern Highlands Province and is sometimes called “Tari Style”, referring to a town in SHP. The maker of this bilum was from Mendi, Southern Highlands Province, and the bilum was sold at Goroka bilum market.
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: Mende
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: E435224-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag
physicalDescription: label: Length - Base To Mouth
content: 23 cm
label: Width - At Base
content: 36 cm
label: Length - Handle
content: 135 cm