Nylon Bag
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 May 2017
label: Collection Date
content: 22 Mar 2010
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Joshua A. Bell
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: White nylon bag, simple flat rectangular shape, machine sewn. Printed text, "Roots rice" with a box of nutritional information on one side, and on the other side is the Roots Rice and Trukai logos, along with a barcode. Short strap/handle attached to the inside.
label: Notes
content: Given as a gift to Joshua A. Bell from Willy Ke'a (b. 1981; Peruava Orumako, Lavi Kaupara, Mapaio Village). It was used to store collected akeke, but is an example of the more general trend in the Purari Delta and elsewhere to reuse nylon bags obtained from trading stores. These bags are slowly replacing akeke due to the ease by which they are made and their durability. White nylon "Roots Rice" bag sewn with white thread along the top, bottom, and on the sides to secure the handle. handle attached on the inside made of white nylon strap, tied with loop at the top. Front says "Roots ® Rice" in stylized red letters with green shadow. Below this is a nutrition information in a faded blue box with green border and green writing. Nutrition information: "NUTIRITION INFORMATION SERVINGS PER PACKAGE: 100 SERVING SIZE 100GRAMS AVERAGE QUANTITY PER SERVING (100G) ENERGY 1470 KJ 351 Cal PROTIEN TOTAL 6.4g FAT TOTAL LESS THAN 1g -SATURATED LESS THAN 1g CARBOHYDRATE 16.6g ....... SUGARS LESS THAN 1g SODIUM LESS THAN 5mg IRON 3mg (25% RDI*) THIAMINE 0.3mg (27% RDI*) NIACIN 8mg (60% RDI*) *RECOMMENDED [DAILY] INTAKE INGREDIENTS: MILLED RICE, VITAMINS THIAMINE (...) NIACIN (...) ... (IRON). Below the box in green writing is "Packed in PNG ... Imported Rice". The other side is also largely white with a brown design of a rice plant in the background. Writing says (top to bottom): Yellow banner with red writing "Vitamin Enriched", red yellow and green "trukai ®" logo, "Roots ® Rice" in red with green shadowing, PNG made designation in green yellow and red, "10 kg NET" in red writing, "PACKED BY TURKAI INDUSTRIES LIMITED MATARAM STREET, LAE, PAPUA NEW GUINEA" in green, "® TM REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF TRUKAI INDUSTRIES LIMITED" in green. In the bottom right corner is a black and white barcode, number 9310140280721. Inside of the bag is white. One side of the inside has a hand drawn picture drawn in blue marker. The scene appears to be a landscape with animals, probably of an underwater environment, including at least 6 fish and several indistinguishable figures.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 May 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Mapaio, Purari Delta, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: I'ai (Purari)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2058626
label: USNM Number
content: E435173-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag
physicalDescription: label: Total Length
content: 70 cm
label: Width
content: 34 cm
label: Length - Basket Only
content: 51.5 cm
label: Length - Handle
content: 19 cm