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In particular, Papua New Guinea is world-famous for carved wooden sculpture: masks, canoes, story-boards. Many of the best collections of these are held in overseas museums. Those identified as being in the first wave of contemporary art in Papua New Guinea are: Mathias Kauage OBE (1944–2003), [ 3 ] Timothy Akis , Jakupa Ako and Joe Nalo ...
20th–century figurine from East Sepik Province. Papua New Guinean art refers to visual art created in Papua New Guinea or by Papua New Guinean artists.Papua New Guinea has been inhabited by humans for roughly 50,000 years; throughout that period, the hundreds of distinct ethnic groups of the island developed unique artistics traditions and styles.
The Public Museums and Art Galleries Ordinance was created in 1956 established the Papua New Guinea Public Museum and Art Gallery. [ 1 ] The museum collections were initially housed in disused government buildings, and in 1960 they moved to an old hospital.
The traditional architecture of Papua New Guinea (PNG) reflects the diversity and ingenuity of this Pacific Island nation, with over 850 different ethnic groups each with its own distinct architectural styles, techniques, and materials. Their typical buildings range from houses on stilts to ceremonial and spiritual centers.
Arts in Papua New Guinea (4 C, 2 P) ... Pages in category "Culture of Papua New Guinea" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
Malagan (also spelled malangan or malanggan) ceremonies are large, intricate traditional cultural events that take place in parts of New Ireland province in Papua New Guinea. The word malagan refers to wooden carvings prepared for ceremonies and to an entire system of traditional culture.
Kundu drum, from Papua-New Guinea, Iatmul people, 20th century.Kundu is Papuan general name used for drum. It is an hourglass shaped drum made of wood, and normally covered with a snake or lizard's skin as membrane. [1]
Gope is a term for a spiritually charged carved board made to represent an ancestral hero in the Papuan Gulf of Papua New Guinea. [1] Papuan Gulf people of Kikori, Baimaru, Uruma, Hohao, and Orokolo [2] refer to these sculptured boards as Kwoi. The sculptures are often made from the sides of an old canoe. [3]