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: 2000/184/007
: British Empire & Commonwealth
: Container
: bag: billum
: Net bag known as a 'bilum'. Net bag named "esa" from Western Province, Papua New Guinea Size 25 x 20cm with one handle 50 cm woven beige coloured cord. Biami people (Bedamuni) Gofabi village 1979 Worn by men on the head! used for carrying personal belongings. Made only by women from tree fibres called kopca. This particular bag was made by He'sesu a woman of the Gaborofi clan. Notes provoded by the donor on a luggage label
: British Empire & Commonwealth Museum Collection
: Papua New Guinea, Oceania / Melanesia, Pacific: Papua New Guinea, Oceania / Melanesia, Pacific: Transferred from the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum, 2012