Handbag | Bilum | Mini Crossbody | Katim Pik III meta-earthday their families

their families

it’s a powerful piece designed to carry a message from the heart to those you love

Complex and evolving

spanning from the 1960s until today

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Handbag | Bilum | Mini Crossbody | Katim Pik III meta-earthday their familiesThese 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