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The Perfect Bilum & basket of bilums Bundle
The Perfect Bilum Bundle includes:
 
  • The Perfect Bilum Book (A4 Size)
  • Small basket of 5 mini bilums - these mini bilums match teh bilums Kiri has in the storybook.  Great item to support further play and exploraiton of this beautiful story.
 
"Kiri is busy making a new bilum.  As she works, her family interrupt her, all needing different-sized bilums.  Will Kiri have the perfect bilum for them?"
 
This children's story book is written by Ranu James with editorial assistance by Jackie Bennett, and Cecelia See Kee of Connecting the Dots Through Culture.
 
Ranu is a Papua New Guinean woman from Gaba Gaba Village, Central Province her language is Motu. Ranu is also a bilum weaver and has made many bilums, from small to large ones, all perfectly gifted to her family.
 
Illustrated by: Serge Ah-Wong
Serge is a visual artist, curator and Papua New Guinean settler based in Meanjin. Honouring his Motuan and Kairuku lineage, Serge uses portrait painting to express cultural pride, unearthing the complex ways his subjects resist assimilation, colonisation, cultural erasure and euro-centric ideals of beauty. Serge's portraiture is relational; what is painted comes from listening to what matters to people. This is Serge's first illustration of a children's storybook. We are sure you will love his work as much as we do!

The Perfect Bilum & basket of bilums Bundle

$55.00Price

    Weaving Cultural Stories acknowledges the traditional custodians on whose land we live, work, play and learn.

    We acknowledge the cultural and ancestral knowledge of these custodians. Their knowledge and care has been instrumental in protecting our beautiful, diverse lands and waterways for thousands of years.

    We acknowledge how these ancestors, have woven their stories of culture into the minds and souls of those Leaders and Elders present today, who continue to weave their stories and knowledge into the hearts and souls of their future Leaders and Elders.

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