Map of the Middle Sepik River (Art-Pacific.com: New Guinea tribal art and Indonesian folk art)

The true Middle Sepik starts just above Pagwi and continues down to the Sepik's junction with the Yuat River. Not shown are three main roads that come out from Wewak on the coast to the north side of the river. The upper road goes to Pagwi, a middle road to Timbunke and the lower road to Angoram.

The Sepik-Ramu area is one of the most culturally diverse and rich areas of the island of New Guinea. Each village has a distinctive style. Most figures and masks represent clan ancestor figures or totemic animals or birds. Some of the ancestors are people known to living members of the village and some are from the distant past when the various clans emerged and migrated to their present territories and villages.

Figure 1: Clan ancestor figure backed by totemic creature with bird and crocodile features, Mumeri Village.

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Artifacts on this site were collected in the field by my husband, Ron Perry. I take the photographs, do the html, text and maps. Background in Who We Are. Art-Pacific has been on the WWW since 1996. We hope you enjoy our New Guinea tribal art and Indonesian folk art as much as we do.

Map of the Middle Sepik River, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea