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. Green with black and red hexagon pattern. Short, single handle. Donor notes: Maker, Paula Temai. Cost: K60. A handbag-sized bilum made of acrylic yarn in black, green, and red. This style is created using nine individual strands interworked, three for each color, referred to as a "nine needle" technique. The pattern resembles the surface of a soccer ball, hence the name.
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: E435209-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag
physicalDescription: label: Length - Mouth To Base
content: 25 cm
label: Width - At Base
content: 41 cm
label: Length - Handle
content: 38 cm