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Art-Pacific (Carolyn Leigh - Ron Perry): Guide to Artifacts

BILAS, Traditional Jewelry in Papua New Guinea

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Bilas (Pisin from the English word flash): finery, ornaments, jewelry, decoration, showy clothes, bilas bilong singsing - ornaments worn at a dance.

A Miss Goroka Princess contestant wears necklaces made of multiple strands of dog teeth.

• Shells are Gold
  Kinas | Toeas | More Shell Bilas
• Tooth and Bone
• String and Things

SEE ALSO:

Links in this site:

• Barkcloth (tapa), Oro Province, PNG
• Bundi barkcloth butterfly dancers, Madang Province, PNG
• Painted Faces - Beauty and Power
  Photography Portfolio by Scott Perry from the Mt. Hagen Show, PNG
  Pigment, Oil, Skin - Body Painting at the Mt. Hagen and Goroka Shows, PNG
• Phallocrypts from Papua (Irian Jaya) and Papua New Guinea

Order now: Art Dealer in the Last Unknown, Ron Perry and New Guinea Art, the early years: 1964 - 1973 by Carolyn Leigh and Ron Perry, 320 pages of adventure, over 450 early photographs - join Ron in the jungles of New Guinea on his search for tribal art.

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Collecting New Guinea art in the field since 1964.