Acrylic Bilum (Net Bag)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Nov 2019
label: Collection Date
content: 11 May 2012
name: label: Collector
content: Dr Barbara Andersen
notes: label: Notes
content: Small bilum (bag) made of acrylic yarn. Three wide horizontal bands of red, green, and yellow diamond and zigzag pattern, bordered by narrower blue and white stripes. Single handle. Short fringe along sides and on handle. Donor notes: Maker, Betty Jerry. Cost: K50. A handbag-sized bilum worked in blue, white, yellow, green, and red acrylic yarn. The body of the bilum is “cut” into three tiers, with alternating patterns described by the artist as “K”, “ten needle diamond”, and “W”. Each tier is worked with ten threads?four each of red and green, and two yellow. Three rows of “fish scale” stitch in blue and white separate each tier. The mouth (maus) and bottom (as) of the bilum are closed with tight loops in alternating colors. The handle is constructed of the same pattern as the body. Other women in Betty's clan described the bilum as especially well-constructed and claimed that she was the only one in their community who knew this pattern.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Aug 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Mirane, Simbu Province, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chimbu (Kuman)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2077517
label: USNM Number
content: E435219-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag
physicalDescription: label: Length - From Mouth To Base
content: 25 cm
label: Width - At Base
content: 36.8 cm
label: Length - Handle
content: 38 cm