Dani Tree Bark Fibre Net Bag (Noken) bottle which cascade in billowing folds

which cascade in billowing folds down her slender form

intended to keep the various spirit forms which survived death eternally supplied with essential food and drink even if actual supplies had ceased to be presented at the burial place

culminate in an everted rim with an in-folded lip

crowns his head

This evocative fragment stands as a remarkable testament to that ancient artistic vision

Dani Tree Bark Fibre Net Bag (Noken) bottle which cascade in billowing foldsDani People, c. 19001950 AD, Baliem Valley, Irian Jaya, Papua, Indonesia Absolutely beautiful, handwoven net bag (noken or bilum) crafted from natural tree bark fibre, featuring a loosely knotted structure with long strap and horizontal decorative bands in natural huesthe yellow likely derived from orchid fibre. Traditionally worn across the forehead, allowing the bag to hang against the wearers back, noken served multiple utilitarian purposes: