Kundu Drum Design

Kundu Drum Design

Bag Number 3248

 

  • The Hourglass shaped Kundu Drum is used across Papua New guinea in daily life and ceremonies. The Kundu design is inspired by this national icon, commonly believed to be the voice of their ancestors.
  • Bilum is handwoven from acrylic and wool yarn as well as upcycled knitwear using traditional weaving techniques
  • Medium size body and medium strap length
  • This pattern is based on the tree design
  • Adornments sold separately.

 

44cm wide
34cm high
64cm 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 sister's 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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