Each bilum is a one-of-a-kind string bag handwoven by Sepik women. 100% of profits support the Rokrok Meri’s, our female ranger workforce. Free shipping within Australia.
Bilums
Sepik Woman In Papua New Guinea
Pink and purple stripes banded around the body, counted row by row as the bag was woven. Hand made in the Sepik, and it will not be made again.
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Bilums
Sepik Woman In Papua New Guinea
Traditional plain weave finished with a button closure, so it fastens shut on a crowded bus or a long walk. Hand made in the Sepik, one of a kind.
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Bilums
Sepik Woman In Papua New Guinea
Charcoal stripes over a round base, with two handles woven to slightly different lengths, the way hand work tends to come out. The only one there is.
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Bilums
Sepik Woman In Papua New Guinea
Coloured zig zags run the full height of the weave, counted stitch by stitch with no pattern to follow. Hand made in the Sepik and never repeated.
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Bilums
Sepik Woman In Papua New Guinea
A single plain weave worked from base to rim, the simplest and hardest-wearing bag in the range. Woven by one Sepik woman, and the only one like it.
Every sale funds conservation
Bilums
Sepik Woman In Papua New Guinea
The weave alternates as it rises, so the texture shifts with the light across the body of the bag. Hand made in the Sepik and impossible to repeat.
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Bilums
Sepik Woman In Papua New Guinea
A large everyday carrier with small irregularities in the weave, the sort that only appear in work done by hand. Made in the Sepik, one of a kind.
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Bilums
Sepik Woman In Papua New Guinea
The largest bag in the range, woven in many colours from an unusually strong fibre and built for market days and real loads. No two are alike.
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Bilums
Sepik Woman In Papua New Guinea
A compact plain weave on a long handle, made to sit at the hip and carry the few things you want with you. Woven by hand in the Sepik, one of a kind.
Every sale funds conservation
Bilums
Sepik Woman In Papua New Guinea
The bold pattern across this one is a Sepik signature, counted into a plain weave row by row with nothing written down. Woven once and not again.
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Bilums
Sepik Woman In Papua New Guinea
Woven to an unusually square shape, so it sits flat and keeps its form instead of slumping. The work of one Sepik weaver, and there is only one.
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Bilums
Sepik Woman In Papua New Guinea
Plain weave carrying a bold decorative Sepik pattern, the kind of design a weaver holds in her head rather than on paper. A single piece, not a line.
Every sale funds conservation
