Nylon Bag
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 May 2017
label: Collection Date
content: 6 Mar 2010
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Joshua A. Bell
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: Donor notes: Purchased for] 1 kina... The bag was made for sale at the Goroka market to carry produce. The bag is made out of recycled industrial packaging bags, which are bought for one kina at a trade store, divided into smaller pieces and then made into smaller bags with a sewing machine. Pauline Michael (age 26, Inugal Clan migrant form Gembogn Village, Chimbu Provence) made and sold this bag at Goroka Market. She lives at University Grounds in Goroka. She makes these bags to support herself and her family. These bags are part of larger culture of reuse in PNG, and are indicative of ways that urban migrants work to earn a living. A finished bag costs one kina. Nylon bag, made from an industrial laundry detergent bag, Dazzle brand. White with red, blue, and yellow design. The bag is folded to make a square shape, and machine sewn with black and lilac colored cotton thread, on two sides only. The top is red with blue stylized writing saying "Dazzle" 5 times; followed by a blue stripe interrupted by a yellow circle which contains the words "400 g" in blue writing; followed by a yellow stripe with blue italicized writing saying "Another Quality Product from Dazzle"; followed by a red stripe followed by a blue block with red stripe through most of it, blue block also contains caution labels with pictures: "avoid sharp objects," "avoid water/rain," "avoid fire/heat" and "DO NOT stamp" in white with blue and a barcode, to the right of the caution labels is standard "PNG Made" designation (part of a national campaign) and in white letters beneath that it says "Produced by: K.K. Kingston Ltd." below that is "Tel: (675) 472 2745" "Fax: (675) 472 6175" "P.O. Box 1104, Lae" "Papua New Guinea", below that blue block is a red stripe. These horizontal stripes are bordered on each side by vertical yellow stripes, on one yellow stripe it says "[Laun]dry Detergent 12-01-8317" and the other says "400g x 24 Dazzle 400g Pa..." There is a white block to the left of the first yellow stripe. The bag's handle is sewn into the body of the bag at the top, and the stitching is two parallel lines, consistent from handle to bag. The handle is made of folded nylon on which are the words "50 KG Net" twice in black, and the letters "en" in brown. The handle may have come from another bag and is a different color (white with green bands).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 23 Mar 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Goroka Town, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chimbu
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2058626
label: USNM Number
content: E435150-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag
physicalDescription: label: Total Length
content: 64.5 cm
label: Width
content: 26.5 cm
label: Length - Basket Only
content: 28.6 cm
label: Length - Handle
content: 34.5 cm