Bilum (Net Bag) Made From Recycled Yarn
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Nov 2019
label: Collection Date
content: 8 Apr 2012
name: label: Collector
content: Dr Barbara Andersen
notes: label: Notes
content: Bilum (bag). Yarn is teal colored acrylic, flecked with multiple colors. Elongated crescent shape, with ends tied together for a handle. Donor notes: Maker, Mariana Joshua. Cost: K20. Described as “pulim bilum”. A bilum constructed from acrylic yarn recycled from a machine-knitted sweater (Tok Pisin kolsiot) purchased for 50 toea (about 25 cents USD) in a second hand clothing store in Kundiawa. “Pulim” style bilums are modeled on large working bilums and are used for carrying heavy loads or infants. The Tok Pisin term "pulim" translates as “to pull” but here may also be an abbreviation for pulimapim, “to fill”.
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: E435207-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag
physicalDescription: label: Length - Diagonal, From Base To Tip Of Handle
content: 84 cm
label: Width - At Widest Part Of Body
content: 53 cm