45cm / 18" long                   70g/2.5oz.

This kalai is created from handrolled commercial twine. It has a loosley woven base. Natural tan string colour and solid in its execution. The pull tie is Handrolled jungle string.

The West Timorese have a tradition of handweaving kalai  or  bilum bags. Not as large as their Papuan counterparts they are none the less an excellent representation of the art of rolling string by hand and knotting. Often created using jungle grass that is handrolled into lengths and knotted.