Skin Pik Design 2879

Skin Pik Design 2879

  • The Skin Pik design is local to Goroka and symbolises 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 wait. The design speaks of independence and empowerment.
  • This Bilum is handwoven from acrylic and wool yarn as well as upcycled knitwear using traditional weaving techniques.
  • Large size body and medium strap length.
  • Adornments sold separately.

    45cm wide
    42cm high
    95cm strap

    Artisan weaver Elsa Kavin, 32, lives with her family in the Bena Bena valley near Fanuifa in Goroka. She is the sole income earner in her extended family and takes care of six people, including supporting her younger sisters children’s school fees. Elsa has been weaving since she was young, a craft learned from her mother, and today she has made the vibrant snake pattern her signature.

    Read more about The Weavers. 

    To clean bag, remove pom pom and tassel, cold machine wash and line dry.

    * Adornments sold separately

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