Women make small bilums for their close male relatives. The men carry cigarettes, money, betel nut and hunting or other magic charms in them. The large work bilums are the women's. A medium size is made for sale to tourists. Palambei carvings are very open and curvilinear with lots of finely painted details.
Birds associated with the clans are a favorite subject.
Another one of their hooks is illustrated in the article on Basket Hooks in our Guide to Artifacts . All rights reserved. Artifacts on this site are collected in the field by my husband, Ron Perry. I take the photographs, do the html, text and maps. Who We Are .