Lina Skin Pik Bilum Tote mini This Bilum design is the

This Bilum design is the Backbone of the pig

This collaboration has helped us connect to an additional 100 women living near Goroka in Papua New Guinea

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eventually building up the size of the Bilum

Lina Skin Pik Bilum Tote mini This Bilum design is theThe 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 wait. The design speaks of independence and empowerment. The natural fibres are sourced from surrounding vegetation including the Sisal and Pandanus plant, laboriously beaten, twisted into string and then woven. Weavers expertly utilise natural dyes made from