Koiwat and Kamangauwi Villages (Art-Pacific.com: New Guinea tribal art and Indonesian folk art)

Figure 1:Incised sago bowl with color added after firing. The decoration is on the underside of the bowls while the inside is smooth.

Koiwat and Kamangauwi Villages make this distinctive style of incised pottery. They are one of the small groups of villages located along the narrow rivers and sago swamp patches that meander through the low kunai grass hills of the Sepik plain. The kunai areas are called the Grass Country. Koiwat and Kamangauwi are in the plains back from the river villages of Timbunke and Tambanum. They trade their pottery down to Tambanum Village and from there it is traded all along the Sepik River.

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Koiwat and Kamangauwi Villages, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea