Free Web Hosting Provider - Web Hosting - E-commerce - High Speed Internet - Free Web Page
Search the Web

Welcome!

Close

Would you like to make this site your homepage? It's fast and easy...

Yes, Please make this my home page!

No Thanks

  Don't show this to me again.

Close

These pictures show actual items available for sale. (Pics on the other pages of our website are examples only). To inquire or buy, contact us.

 

ITEM:	HAND MADE SEPIK NET BAGS (BILUMS)
ORIGIN:	Sepik
SIZE:	varies
AGE:	new
OUR PRICE:	varies
OTHER INFO:	These bilums are woven from hand-made twine from the bark of the two-leaf tree which only grows in certaions parts of Papua New Guinea. The bark is soaked in water and dried in the sun before being stripped in fibres and spun into twine by rubbing with the hands. The twine is boiled with plant extracts to give a range of colours. The twine is woven into a bilum (net bag) using a pull-through knotting technique. These bags are used for carrying personal belongings. Larger ones are use for carrying vegetables, firewood or even children. For the pictures below, the last two digits of the file name is the price, eg bilum0965 = $65. The measurements are in centimetres.
PICTURE:

 

ITEM:	DANCE HEAD DRESSES
ORIGIN:	Sepik
SIZE:
AGE:	new
OUR PRICE:	US$42
OTHER INFO:	Sepik dance head dresses with woven twine substrate decorated with ochre paints, shells, pigs tusks and cassowary feathers. They are all the same size - photos are taken from different perspectives.
PICTURE:

 

ITEM:	medium Maprik shell money ring
ORIGIN:	Sepik
SIZE:	19cm diameter, 520grams
AGE:	recent
OUR PRICE:	$90
OTHER INFO:
PICTURE:

 

ITEM:	small kundu drums
ORIGIN:	Sepik
SIZE:	21 inches
AGE:	recent, used
OUR PRICE:	USD$74 each, 2available
OTHER INFO:	Used kundu drums are becoming increasingly difficult to procure: they are so much a part of village life that nobody wants to sell them! This drum weighs 1600 grams and is playable. The membrane is goanna (reptile) skins and cannot be imported into Australia or NZ.
PICTURE:

 

ITEM:	money shell necklace
ORIGIN:	Sepik
SIZE:	50cm long
AGE:	recent
OUR PRICE:	US$24
OTHER INFO:	Round shell pieces used as traditional money attached to a woven twine strand.
PICTURE:

 

ITEM:	Agibe skull rack
ORIGIN:	Papuan Gulf
SIZE:	75cm high, 2kg weight
AGE:	newly crafted in the traditional genre
OUR PRICE:	$45
OTHER INFO:	Nicely carved piece. In the past these were used for hanging up the skulls of enemies as trophies but now they are produced for wall display. Painted with dry ochres. The photograph is taken on an angle which makes the agibe look assymetrical but it is not.
PICTURE:

 

ITEM:	painted small yam masks
ORIGIN:	Wosera Village, Sepik
SIZE:	25-30cm high
AGE:	new
OUR PRICE:	$18 each
OTHER INFO:
PICTURE:

 

ITEM:	LARGE YAM MASKS
ORIGIN:	Wosera/Maprik area
SIZE:	all around 60-70cm long
AGE:	recent, used
OUR PRICE:	$35 each
OTHER INFO:	Yam masks are made to decorate large yams at the annual yam harvest in the Sepik district. The recession in the mask is fitted over a large yam (a tubular shaped vegetable), much as a regular mask would be fitted over a person's face. After the harvest festival, the yam masks are hung from the eaves of the houses all year until the next harvest season when they are brought down, re painted and re-used in the ceremonies. New masks are also made each year. This tradition of the yam harvest is very strong and indeed the 'back bone' of the village culture today in the villages of this area. The Wosera and Maprik areas use natural dyes and paints vividly in their rituals, ceremonies and their bilas, though the Maprik yam masks tend to be smoked while the Wosera people usually paint theirs. These masks are all used.
PICTURE:

 

ITEM:	YIPWON CULT HOOK
ORIGIN:	Karaweri, Sepik
SIZE:	75cm high
AGE:	new
OUR PRICE:	$75 (cash price $65)
OTHER INFO:	This beautifully carved yipwon features stunning symmetry. Although it is newly carved with no prior village use we couldn't resist picking this one up when we saw it. Carved from blackened hardwood, featuring classic yipwon symbolism. One of the best examples we have seen: a real "keeper".
PICTURE:

 

  NOTES:
1. Prices on this page do not include shipping.
2. Ages of items are not guaranteed. Items described on this page as "new" are newly made and uncirculated. Items described as "recent" are circulated or used and may be up to 20 years old. "Old" items are believed to be well over 20 years old. "Very old" items may be between 50-100 years old.
3. For best results do not bookmark this page but add our website home page to your list of Favourites and use the Site Navigation bar on the home page to bring you to the latest version of this Gallery page each time.
This page is updated regularly so if the date above appears more than 4 weeks old you may not be looking at the current version of this page. Press CTRL and click REFRESH or if this doesn't work try deleting your cached files (TOOLS-INTERNET OPTIONS-TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES-DELETE FILES) or try inserting "www" in front of our domain name (which isn't normally needed) to trick your computer into looking for a new page.

SITE NAVIGATION

PNG Handcraft Exports Home Page

Masks & Tumbuans

Storyboards

Canoe artifacts

Weapons & shields

Hooks

Drums

Utensils

Bilas

Baskets & woven items

Figurines

Contemporary PNG art and design

OUR GALLERY

MAP OF PNG

OUR LINKS

E-mail info@pnghandcrafts.8k.com

 

 

PNG Ring Next Prev Random List