Bilum (Net Bag)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 May 2017
label: Collection Date
content: 16 Jan 2011
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Joshua A. Bell
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: Bilum made of yarn, looped with a tight figure eight loop. The body of the bag is beige with a large representation of the flag of Papua New Guinea, almost centered, but slightly to the right on both sides of the bag. The flag portrays a yellow bird of paradise in a field of red on the left and a navy blue field with 5 four pointed white stars (all the same size) on the right. Most of the design is woven into the body of the bilum, but the bird and the stars are slightly raised, and appear to have been stitched in (embroidered) later. The flag is bordered in yellow, red, and navy blue. An area to the left of the flag is looped with an openwork pattern. Single handle, beige with two sets of orange, red, and black stripes.
label: Notes
content: Donor notes: Cost, 30 kina. "Made by Etopawe Lakei (approximately 60 in age) from the Mogavo clan of the Bena in the Eastern Highlands."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Aug 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Goroka, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Bena
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2058627
label: USNM Number
content: E435181-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 54 cm
label: Width
content: 42.5 cm
label: Length - Body
content: 26.5 cm
label: Length - Handle
content: 27 cm