This traditional design from the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea refers to the status of women in the rural villages surrounding Goroka. The colours signify women from different villages, while the ring around the hem represents the binding nature of the skin pik practice. Skin pik refers to women of lower status — older women, widows, unmarried women, and women whose husbands have left them, who are known as ‘Geto’ in the Goroka dialect. These women are obliged to accept the help of male relatives so they may remain in their villages.