KONO; Manufacture of the closely-woven "Buka" or "Buin" basketware

Title

Reference Number

0.0840

Creator

Oliver, Douglas

Date

c. 1938

Format

Black & White Photograph

Description

Envelope: PHOTOS FOR USE IN "Boug: a personal history and Black Islanders"; Note on back: "KONO: Manufacture of the closely-woven "Buka" or "Buin" basketware is an exclusively-male handicraft practiced throughout sourhtern Bougainville. Basketware is for daily use as well as the lucrative tourist trade. Styles and patterns vary between villages, and individual "signatures" of different weavers are recognized by the local people."

Subject

Baskets, Papua New Guinean--Papua New Guinea--Bougainville Province (North Solomons)

Bougainville Province (North Solomons), Papua New Guinea

Handicraft, Papua New Guinean--Papua New Guinea--Bougainville Province (North Solomons)

North Solomon Islands (Papua New Guinea)

Persons, Unidentified--Papua New Guinea--Bougainville Province (North Solomons)

Weaving/Thatch--Papua New Guinea--Bougainville Province (North Solomons)

Is Part Of

Photos for use in Boug (Photocopy Notes Inside) (DO 0937-DO 0968)