#noken

Noken vs Sugarcane Plantation The Noken is not merely a bag; to the indigenous peoples of West Papua, it is a “second womb,” a symbol of fertility, and a profound connection to the living forest. Hand-woven from the inner bark of specific trees and shrubs, the Noken was recognized by UNESCO in 2012 as an Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding. However, as of July 2024, the…

How to Make a Bilum

Step-by-Step-Instructions for GOROKA-Bilums & SIMBU-Bilums:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1qb-VMFC5uDFv3j3_DzUz6c1OxPkbKJSv

[This originally appeared in the Lik Lik Buk, a populist development guide produced in Papua New Guinea in the mid-1980s -A]  

The  bilum is a traditional PNG string bag. Bilums come in a variety of  shapes and styles and are made for different purposes. Bilums are made  to carry food, to carry babies in and to use for leisure. People can  identify a person just by the creative design or style woven on the  bilum. Despite the many different aspects and purposes of bilums they  all are made from the same basic weaving method.  Bilums are  worked by forming rows of a special knot around a strip which today is  usually made of plastic packing strips but previously people used  coconut and pandanus leaves to make these strips. The strips are used to  determine the size of the stitches and help to make the job of holding  hte stitches easier. The string is owrked in short lengths as all of the  string yet to be used is fed into the existing knots. When the string  runs out a new length is tied on to the end.  You will need (beginner):  1. Some coloured string 2. Cut a piece of plastic strip about 60cm or more to form the base row. 3. Cut the other plastic strips about 30cm long. These should be the same width (about ½-1 cm)as the longer strip. 4. A pair of scissors 5.  One or two needles larger and longer than sewing needles (darning  needles). Some people use old spokes from an umbrella. (Traditionally:  bones of the  Flying Foxes )  Method:  1.  Make a loop around the plastic strip and tie with a slip knot. Pace one  end of string on the front of the plastic strip (that is the side  facing you) and hold it down with your thumb at the front and with your  forefinger at the back of the plastic strip. 2. Pull the working end over the top and then behind the plastic strip creating a loop at the top of the plastic strip. 3.  The working end is brought under the plastic strip and is fed under the  other end of the string so that the plastic strip now has a circle of  string around it. This mesh must be kept loose enough to be able to feed  the subsequent stitches into the loops of the previous ones. 4. The  working end goes over the loose end into the top loop from the left side  to the right side. It is imortant that the points where the stirng  crosses over are kept at the bottom and top of the plastic strip. The  working end foes behind the plastic strip and is fed from left to right  into the bottom loop. 5. Repeat the procedure until you reach the required length which will be the half the circumference of your bilum.   Subsequent Rows Bilums consist of a spiral of rows of meshes.  1.  Bend the plastic strip backward (away from yourself) and work the  stitch in the normal way but over the two palstic strips instead of one. 2.  Turn the pastic strip so that the back is now facing you. Make the next  stitch over the one plastic strip in the following manner. 3. Take  the working end and go over the plastic strip at the front and into the  previous stitch at the back from left to right and then into the loop of  hte stitch on the rprevious row. Pull the string behind the front  plastic strip. Continue until the second row is the same length as the  first row. These two rows mae the base of the blium. (if the plastic  strip is short slip another strip in). 4. All subsequent rows are made in the smae manner. 5. Continue the procedure until you have 18-20 rows (medium size bilum).   Mouth of the Bilum  1. Get a new piece of string and join it to the ned of the string that you used for making the body of the bilum. 2. Hold the top of the bilum facing you so that you can clearly see the top edge of the stitches forming the top row. 3.  Skip the last working stitch of the body of the bilum.Count three loops  to the front and feed the string into the thuird loop from left to  right. Make a knot. Count three loops and feed the string into the third  loop from left to right. From right to left push the string into the  knot that you made. Bring the string back towards you forming a circle. 4.  Count another three loops in front and feed the string into the third  loop. Bring the string back and feed it into the previous circle.  Continue around the mouth of the bilum. 5. When the two ends meet  feed the last stitch into the first stitch to form a continuous chian.  To finish tie a knot and cut the extra string.   Handle  Bilum  handles are sometimes made separately from the bilum and then joined  on. Others are made straight from the side of the bilum. There are many  styles but the simplest uses the same basic stitch as in the body of the  bilum.  1. Use a shorter plastic strip and make about 8-10 sitthces. 2. Use a second plastic strip. Make the next row using the same stitch. 3. Continue making rows until you reach the length of the handle you want.   Joining the Handle to the Bilum  1.  Hold the Bilum up and from the way it hangs judge where the sides are.  The handle must be attached to these points so that the bilum when it is  carried will be evenly balanced. 2. The handle and the body of the  bilum are joined together by looping stitches. It is important that the  joining stitches are made into the first row of the bilum not just into  the finishing edge of the mouth of the bilum so that your join is  strong. 3. When finished, secure with a knot.   Styles and  techniques for different patterns are constantly evolving in PNG. This  method described above is for a very basic one-colour bilum. Colours can  be added by joining different coloured strings to your working string  or depending on the complexity of your design are worked in by a method  too complicated to explain here. Far better when you have mastered the  basics to have someone who know how to show you.  Contributor: Joy Sahumlal, ATDI, Unitech, Lae, MP.  Url:

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Step-by-Step-Instructions for GOROKA-Bilums & SIMBU-Bilums:

Noken, Papuan Bag, a Symbol of Women’s Maturity

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Kolaborasi Dengan PTFI, Bidang Pemasaran Sub PB PON XX Mimika, Gelar Timika Expo PON XX

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Parade Foto, Pelatihan Pembuatan Noken DP3AP2KB Kabupaten Mimika

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