AMONG EQUALS - KOKODA BILUM 321

AMONG EQUALS - KOKODA BILUM 321AMONG EQUALSKokoda BilumH: 26. 5 cm x W: 33. 5 cm, 44cm handle drop Woven using recycled and acrylic fibres Small size body and long strap length Each pattern weaves a story of the life of the artisanAbout the Artist Elsa Kavin: Artisan weaver Elsa Kavin 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

AMONG EQUALS
Kokoda Bilum

H: 26.5 cm x W: 33.5 cm, 44cm handle drop

- Woven using recycled and acrylic fibres
- Small size body and long strap length
- Each pattern weaves a story of the life of the artisan


About the Artist - Elsa Kavin:
Artisan weaver Elsa Kavin 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.

AMONG EQUALS | Sydney Australia & Papua New Guinea
Among Equals is a non-profit brand merging art, fashion and community with the ancient practice of Bilum weaving. These bags are a joyful work of art, handcrafted by a female artisans from communities across Papua New Guinea, including the Goroka, Mount Hagen, Telefomin and Madang regions, and is proud to count more than 600 weavers in its fold. Through its trade of Bilum, Among Equals is dedicated to improving the communities wellbeing, including funding and construction the Blue Haus, a safe shelter for the weavers to come together, learn and weave.