Natural Fibre Bilum Bag (Knot Shoulder Strap)
Natural Fibre Bilum Bag (Knot Shoulder Strap)
- This bilum bag is hand-woven from 100% natural fibre sourced from the bark of a special tree from the surrounding vegetation.
- Dyed using wild berries, fruits and roots.
- The process of making a natural fibre bilum is painstaking and takes many weeks.
- Shrub barks are beaten into loose stripes and are dried in the sun.
- The dried strips are then twisted by placing the fibres on the weaver's thigh and are rolled in a backward and forward motion with their hands to form long threads.
- The threads are then woven into bilums using a traditional weaving technique.
- Bilums are very versatile and expandable.
- Each bilum has a story and the patterns are a visual language and authentic to the women who weave them.
Dimensions:
- 82cm knot shoulder strap
- 51cm high
- 60cm wide
These bilums help to support the local weavers and their families to have a stable income.