Plant Fiber Bilum (Net Bag)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Nov 2019
label: Collection Date
content: 6 Apr 2012
name: label: Collector
content: Dr Barbara Andersen
notes: label: Notes
content: Small bilum (bag) made of natural fibers. Undyed beige and darker brown horizontal stripes, with spots of red acrylic yarn. Single handle. Donor notes: Maker, Elizabeth Genda. Cost: K20. A small bilum constructed from alternating colors of rope made from tulip (Gnetum gnemon) bark fibers in a basic figure-8 looping technique. The body of the bilum was worked as a flat piece of fabric and then joined at one side and bottom with commercial acrylic yarn. Stitching at the “mouth” of the bilum is also with acrylic yarn. A long handle was worked separately using the same technique and joined to the mouth. Pink and white fibers made from acrylic bilum yarn are plied into rope at intervals to create stripes of color and texture accents. The differences in tone (beige, brown, taupe) of the tulip fibers are products of natural variation. This bilum was produced for sale at the Main Market in Mount Hagen.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Aug 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Mount Hagen, Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Melpa
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2077517
label: USNM Number
content: E435203-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag
physicalDescription: label: Length - Mouth To Base
content: 25 cm
label: Width - At Base
content: 25 cm
label: Length - Handle
content: 74 cm