Manus woman Vanessa Yohang was carrying an unusual looking bag which was a gift from her partner Joe Vanariu from New Ireland.
The bag was a coconut frond based basket that was covered in bread fruit bark to look like a modern contemporary bag.
This” Kapiak basket” Vanessa was carrying, according to Joe, was a basket unique to New Ireland province and is locally referred to as the “Ruai Basket”.
