Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea Old Woven Bilum Bag

Papua New Guinea Old Woven Bilum Bag
Papua New Guinea Old Woven Bilum Bag
Papua New Guinea Old Woven Bilum Bag
Papua New Guinea Old Woven Bilum Bag

Papua New Guinea Old Woven Bilum Bag

This is a unique Brown and White Job's Tear Bilum Bag from the West Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. Throughout New Guinea and West Papua string bags are essential companions to men, women, and children, protection, and fertility. The flexible, looped net bags called Bilums are made by women, using hand-spun bark fibers formed into a strong two-ply string. In the many regions, men and women have separate roles in relation to the production and use of the string bag. Women hand-spin bark fibers and loop expansive, unadorned bags which they use in their everyday tasks to store and carry produce from their gardens and to cradle their babies.

Women's bags thus become associated with motherhood, nurturing, protection, and fertility. They are also given as a Bride Price in initiating a clan marriage.

This is old bag would be wonderful in your home or collection. OLD BILUM BAG Shows Age and Wear Some Holes 42 Inch Strap 13 Inches Wide Top 27 Inches Wide Bottom AT BACARA WE STAND BEHIND ALL OF OUR MERCHANDISE. YOUR SATISFACTION IS OUR MAIN GOAL, AND WE THANK YOU FOR SHOPPING AT BACARA.

This item is in the category "Antiques\Ethnographic\Pacific Islands & Oceania". The seller is "bacara-online" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.

  • Color: Multi-Color
  • Material: Fiber
  • Original/Reproduction: Original


Papua New Guinea Old Woven Bilum Bag