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. Top half has rectangle pattern, and bottom half has overlapping diamond pattern, both in black, brown and beige Short, single handle. Donor notes: Maker, Paula Temai. Cost: K60. A handbag-sized bilum in four colors of acrylic yarn: black, beige, light brown and dark brown. The mouth is made in alternating stripes and is joined to the body of the bilum with large stitches in sets of 14. The top twelve rows of loops are worked in a pattern which Paula described as “post office key” (similar to “soccer ball”). Three rows of tight fastening stitches “cut” the body of the bilum in half. The bottom tier of the body is worked in “diamond” pattern, and the base is closed with tight fastening stitches. The handle is a doubled tube also worked in “post office key”.
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)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2077517
label: USNM Number
content: E435210-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag
physicalDescription: label: Length - Mouth To Base
content: 26.7 cm
label: Width - At Base
content: 39.4 cm
label: Length - Handle
content: 41 cm