Acrylic Bilum (Net Bag)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Nov 2019
label: Collection Date
content: 9 Apr 2012
name: label: Collector
content: Dr Barbara Andersen
notes: label: Notes
content: Bilum (bag) made of acrylic yarn. Red, yellow, black, green, and white rectangle pattern. Single handle with pompoms at top. Donor notes: Maker, Theresia Thomas. Cost: K80. Described as “skin bilong pik” (pig hide) pattern. A large, wide rectangular bilum worked in orange, red, black, white, and forest green yarn. Each tier uses two colors to create interlocking rectangles, with something of a “clockwork” effect. The stitch, described as “lusim ai” (to lose an eye), involves dropping alternate stitches and the result looks somewhat like crochet work. The handles are worked in the same stitch, reinforced with joining stitches on the sides and terminating in large “flawa” (flowers, pompoms) at the ends. The mouth is closed with orange joining stitches.
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: E435217-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag
physicalDescription: label: Length - From Mouth To Base
content: 36 cm
label: Width - At Base
content: 71 cm
label: Length - Handles, Each (Excluding Tassels)
content: 46 cm