Accession No
1927.1874 A
Description
Bilum or string bag for carrying infants. Made with plant fibre with dyed blue/green and red geometric bands. From the hinterland area.
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Mandated New Guinea; Finschhafen
Period
Source
Humphreys, Clarence Blake [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1927.1874 A; MAA: Z 9140 A
Cultural Affliation
Hae
Material
Plant; Fibre
Local Term
Measurements
455mm x 630mm
Events
Exhibition (Maudslay Gallery)
EXH.2018.4 | Pacific Currents
Event Date
Author: Remke Velden
Description (Labels & Markings)
Paper label attached to object notes [in ink]: 'G.N.Guinea, Hae People, Finschafen'. The fact that it lists German New Guinea on the labels suggest it could predate 1927 as German New Guinea had become Mandated New Guinea 7 years prior to that.
Event Date 13/12/2017
Author: Remke Velden
Description (Physical description)
Billum or string bag for carrying infants. Made with plant fibre with dyed blue/green and red horizontal bands. From the hinterland area.
Event Date 13/12/2017
Author: Remke Velden
Context (Amendments / updates)
Object not recorded on FileMaker database. Found listed on boxlist, from which the description has been taken and a record created on the database.
Event Date 13/12/2017
Author: Remke Velden
Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2018.4050 | Remedial
Event Date 26/2/2018
Author: Christina Rozeik
FM:278982
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