bilum

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Bag

Mesh bags, known as »bilum« in New Guinea, are indispensable companions for men and women in everyday life. Men used these small bags to carry and keep safe essential items, such as tobacco, betel nuts and betel nut accessories. It has been very carefully made and is presumably old, because the handles have been dyed with plant pigment. Today's mesh bags are either made entirely of synthetic fibres or dyed with artificial pigments.

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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Object type
Tasche
Dimensions
Breite: 250.0 mm, Höhe: 320.0 mm
Material/Technique
Knotting technique
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/2395

Provenance and sources

when
24.01.2001

where
Papua New Guinea (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
Melanesia (location/origin)
who
Hannelore Thumm (16.4.1922 - null) - Collectors
Hannelore Thumm (16.4.1922 - null) - Collectors
Thumm, Maximilian - Collectors
Thumm, Maximilian - Collectors

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