Post #158747 by I dream of tiki on Fri, May 13, 2005 5:27 PM

Sorcerers' Bags and other adornments!

"These are sorcerers' bags full of magic spells I found in the highlands of Papua New Guinea. I sold all of them but one that i just listed on ebay. There is everything on them from skulls and bones, tusks, dried penis, fur and feathers and carvings. I find them very interesting."

"This one had carvings and a chicken feather handle."

"How about this one? Simple but yet elegant! Handle of little shells and a body of chicken bones on a bilum netting."

"On this Asmat ceremonial boat below used during boys' circumcision, rests a bilum bag from Irian Jaya with decorations of cuscus skulls hanging all over as well as another weapon with cassowary femur bone within the sheath."

Better pic of Irian Jaya bilum bag

"Above is a rare necklace from the highlands again made entirely of little cuscus skulls. I put it on an Asmat carving."

[ Edited by: I dream of tiki 2009-02-21 22:33 ]