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The indigenous peoples of Western New Guinea in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, commonly called Papuans, [1] are Melanesians.There is genetic evidence for two major historical lineages in New Guinea and neighboring islands: a first wave from the Malay Archipelago perhaps 50,000 years ago when New Guinea and Australia were a single landmass called Sahul and, much later, a wave of Austronesian ...
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 ...
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]
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.
Part of the museum was remodelled for its 40th anniversary in 2017. [6] The refurbishment was led by the Australian firm Architectus. [7] The museum officially reopened on 12 October, with a re-naming of the gallery spaces to reflect indigenous Papuan identities - the new names are: Tumbuna, Susan Karike, Bernard Narokobi, Ian Saem Majnep and Be Jijimo. [8]
The Goroka Show is a well-known tribal gathering and cultural event in Papua New Guinea. It is a sing-sing held every year close to the country's Independence Day (16 September) in the town of Goroka, the capital of the Eastern Highlands Province. About 100 tribes arrive to show their music, dance and culture. [1]
A sing-sing scene in Wabag, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. Sing-sing is an annual gathering of tribes or villages in Papua New Guinea. People show their distinct culture, dance and music and share traditions. Villagers paint and decorate themselves for sing-sings.
The Dani (also spelled Ndani) are an ethnic group from the Central Highlands of Western New Guinea in Baliem Valley, Highland Papua, Indonesia.Around 100,000 people live in the Baliem Valley, consisting of representatives of the Dani tribes in the lower and upper parts of the valley each 20,000 and 50,000 in the middle part (with a total of 90,000 people).