Bush-twine
A strong cord is made from the leaves of the asa vine and this is then dyed with natural pigments and tightly woven to make sturdy trays or baskets. Bush-twine can also be knotted to make a bag known as a kusa, or a bilum in PNG.
Cultural Context
Traditionally, baskets and trays were made from bushtwine on the PNG island of Buka, which is just north of Bougainville Island. Georgraphically, Bougainville and Buka are part of the same archipelego as Solomon Islands, but the British colonists gave control of the islands to the German colonists in 1899.
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