Tote Bag | Bilum | Medium | Skin Pik II Australian Design to transcending place and time

to transcending place and time through metaphor

The pleated base allows the slim-line design to expand when needed

Divided into four chapters and supplemented with case studies

offering dimension and gentle movement that echo the matching Fossen Necklace

Flores: 37 x 18 x 7cm

Tote Bag | Bilum | Medium | Skin Pik II Australian Design to transcending place and timeThese Bilum are joyful works of art. The inspiring female artisans from Papua New Guinea weave each bag by hand using the ancient art form of bilum weaving. Each bilum takes around six weeks to make and communicates life stories through pattern and colour. The Skin Pik design is local to Goroka and symbolizes when when women came together to eat, those with higher status were treated to finer parts of the pig, the women of lower status were left to