Art-Pacific (Carolyn Leigh - Ron Perry): Guide to Artifacts

Melanesian Art TOC (New Guinea, Solomon Islands, etc)

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Tribal art from Papua New Guinea, Papua (formerly Irian Jaya) and the Solomon Islands

• Art areas of Melanesia (map of New Guinea and adjacent islands) brief descriptions of areas, links to articles
• Artifacts from Papua (formerly Irian Jaya) are included in these articles:
  Asmat art | canoes and prows | phallocrypts | shields | weapons
• Abelam Basket Yam Masks and Tops, ESP, PNG
• Abelam Wooden Yam Masks, ESP, PNG
• Barkcloth (tapa), Oro Province, PNG
• Basket (Suspension) Hooks from Papua New Guinea
• BILAS - Traditional Jewelry in Papua New Guinea
  Shells are Gold | Tooth and Bone | String and Things
• Bundi barkcloth butterfly dancers, Madang Province, PNG
• Canoes and Canoe Prows from Papua New Guinea and Papua (Irian Jaya)
• Chambri Pottery from Aibom Village, Chambri Lakes, ESP, PNG
• Dollies and Dreams - Small fiber figures from the Sepik River basin, ESP, PNG
• Karawari River and Blackwater River carvings and map ESP, PNG
  Blackwater River Carvings | Mumeri Village | Karawari River Carvings
• Malagan and other New Ireland funeral art, New Ireland Province, PNG
• Massim: Trobriand Islands and Kula exchange, Milne Bay Province, PNG includes Kula Ring map, plus Karumosa, a Kula canoe
• New Britain artifacts, East and West New Britain Provinces, PNG
  Sulka masks | Sulka dance information | Baining dances and bark cloth masks | Tolai tubuan and dukduk masks
• Papuan Gulf artifacts and map, PNG
  Papuan Gulf Carvings | Papuan Gulf Masks | Gogodala | Angu (Kukukuku)
• Ramu River carvings and map, ESP, PNG
  Lower Ramu River Carvings | Middle Ramu River Carvings
• Sepik River carvings and map, ESP, PNG
  
  Browse Sepik River villages - Middle Sepik: Aibom | Chambri Lakes | Kamindimbit | Kandangai | Kanganaman | Koiwat and Kamangauwi | Korogo | Mindimbit | Mumeri | Palambei | Tambanum | Yamok | Yentchan | Yenichenmangua | see also Karawari and Blackwater Rvs | above Pagwi: Ambunti Mtns (Waskuk) | Hunstein | Japandai | near Angoram and below: Lower Sepik | Angoram | Imbando and Taway | Kambaramba | see also Ramu Rv
• Solomon Islands jewelry, carvings and map
  crafts | jewelry | cutting shell disks | note on shell money | links, books, map, diary entries
• Masks from the Middle Sepik River, ESP, PNG
• Painted Faces - Beauty and Power
  Photography Portfolio by Scott Perry from the Mt. Hagen Show, PNG
  Pigment, Oil, Skin - Body Painting at the Mt. Hagen and Goroka Shows, PNG
• Phallocrypts from Papua (Irian Jaya) and Papua New Guinea
• Shields from Papua New Guinea and Papua (Irian Jaya)
  Highlands Shields | Upper Sepik River Shields | Ramu River Shields | Asmat Shields | Body Armor
• Story Boards from Bark Paintings, Keram River, ESP, PNG
  Bark Paintings | Story Boards
• Weapons from Papua New Guinea and Papua (Irian Jaya)
  Axes and Clubs | Bone Knives and Bone Daggers | Bows and Arrows | Spears and Atlatls

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Diary entries on this site: 1967: Karawari Hooks Come Out - 1970s: Kandangai Headhunter - 1974: Trek from Kainantu to Marawaka with 130 Angu warriors - 1985: Blackwater River up to Kuvenmas Village - 1986: Broken Water Bay and the Watam Baret - 1986: PMV (Public Motor Vehicle) service between the Ramu and the Keram Rivers - 1986: Lower Ramu Masks - 1986: Buying in the Angoram Haus Tambaran - 1990s: Village Houses in the Sepik-Ramu River Basin

For news/links for PNG, we recommend Trevor Michie's PNG Gossip Newsletter at http://www.pnggossip.com/

Music of Papua New Guinea hosts digitalized recordings of traditional and contemporary music at http://www.theperryproject.org/music-of-papua-new-guinea.html

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