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		<title>Persistence and Change in Papua New Guinea Art: The Net Bag (Bilum) as Art and Ethnic Commodity in the Global Market Place</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[November 10, 5:00-6:30pm
Coach House, Green College, 6201 Cecil Green Park Road, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Lecture by Michael Mel, Associate Professor in Cultural Education and Indigenous Processes of Art, Pro Vice Chancellor (Academic), University of Goroka, Papua New Guinea.
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		<title>Killer Whale and Crocodile (Film)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Marston has since the beginning of his career exhibited next to Sepik artists at Alcheringa Gallery. John&#8217;s explorations of his own rich artistic and cultural heritage paralleled a growing fascination with the tools, techniques, styles, materials, knowledge, stories, beliefs, and lifestyles of these carvers on the other side of the world. In 2006, he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mbu Walg Kupun II</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:39:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Bilum Collection II</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each bilum sold separately. Please specify artist(s) when ordering.
TOP:
Mbu Walg Kubana by Cathy Kata
natural fibres, possum fur
43 cm across
&#163;170
MIDDLE:
Lgopa Walg Kubana by Anna Zeming
natural and mixed fibres
43 cm across
&#163;185
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Mbu Walg Kupun by Cathy Kata
natural fibres, chicken feathers
68 cm across
&#163;313
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		<title>Bilum Collection I</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each bilum sold separately. Please specify artist(s) when ordering.
TOP:
Mbu Walg Kubana by Cathy Kata
natural fibres, possum fur
63 cm across
$275 CAD
MIDDLE:
Mbu Walg Kupun by Anna Kupa
natural and mixed fibres
68 cm across
$250 CAD
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Mbu Walg Kupun by Emma Opa
mixed fibres
70 cm across
$250 CAD
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		<title>Lucas Tangun Biography</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:02:24 +0000</pubDate>
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Lucas Tangun with his brilliant contemporary
interpretation of the Founding of the Pig Clan
(Photo: D. Lepsoe)&#160;
Lucas Tangun was born July 15, 1969, into the Nauwaia clan of the Iatmul people. He learned to carve from his father. Growing up in Tambanum Village in the Middle Sepik region of Papua New Guinea, he was exposed to many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interview with Cathy Kata</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
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Cathy Kata sings a traditional song about bilum-making during a performance at Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery, September 2009. (Photo: Dan Lepsoe)
&#160;
Interview by Dan Lepsoe, 2009
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DL: In many parts of PNG, people of all ages carry handmade bags- bilums- suited to their different tastes, activities, and backgrounds. What does bilum mean to you?
CK: There’s a song [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Contemporary Sepik Art Deserves Your Attention</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
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Jackson Timbin of Palembei Village paints a dance mask in his family&#8217;s distinctive style. The Timbin family is represented in this exhibition by Jackson&#8217;s elder brothers Michael and Otto. The finished mask is visible here. (Photo: Dan Lepsoe)
&#160;
Essay by Elaine Monds
Alcheringa Gallery
Sepik art has long captured the imagination of collectors. Sought after as much for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fashion and Bilum, from Tradition to Modernity, from Individual Creation to Collective Achievement</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
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Cathy Kata showing &#8220;looping&#8221;, the traditional hand-weaving technique used to make bilums in Papua New Guinea. (Photo: Dan Lepsoe)
Essay by Nicolas Garnier
Centre de Recherche et de Documentation sur l&#8217;Oc&#233;anie
University of Papua New Guinea
Alliance Fran&#231;aise de Port Moresby

In Papua New Guinea (PNG), string bags, or bilum in Tok Pisin (a widely spoken Creole), are commonly used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kaua Gita Biography</title>
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Photo: D. Lepsoe&#160;
Iatmul master carver Kaua Gita was born in Korogo Village on the Sepik River in 1964. He began to carve when he was fifteen, learning from his father and other carvers in the village. Korogo has a history of fine carving and strong ceremonial life. Its splendid haus tambaran (spirit house) was renowned [...]]]></description>
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