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Melanesian artifacts from Papua New Guinea can
be grouped into several major categories and we have provided below
an overview of the major categories that we have used to enable you
to easily locate the items that you may be interested in.
When you have identified the groups that interest
you then you can go to those categories where you will find galleries
of photographs of artifacts either currently in stock or examples of
artifacts that we are able to obtain. Photographs with the prefix STK
identify items currently available ex stock and items with the prefix
EXM are samples of items that we can obtain.
Not all of the artifacts available in Papua New Guinea are on display
in this site. If you can't identify or locate what you are looking for
then please contact us with your specific requirements and we will advise
if we are in a position to assist you.
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BASKETRY, TRAYS, BILUMS & FIGURES. |
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Trays and baskets made from
woven cane from the Southern Highlands and Bougainville are
popular additions to dinner tables and room features.
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String bags, known as Bilums,come
in a range of sizes and made from natural fibres or multi-coloured
string.
- Duti Warriors and assorted figures made
from kunda (cane) are very decorative.
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BOARDS, PROWS & TAUPA CLOTH.
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- Taupa or bark paintings depict ancestorial
stories about "good" and "evil" spirits.
- Story boards are carved wooden boards depicting
everyday village life with spirit figures shown on the men's
house gables.
- Prows and Splashboards from traditional
canoes have intricate carvings of spirits for safe travelling
and successful fishing.
- House Boards are decorative wooden boards
found on Haus Tamborans.
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BOWLS
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- Decorative Trobriand bowls carved from Kwila,
Rosewood or Ebony wood with Mother of Pearl inlay.
- Tami decorative or functional wooden and
coconut wood bowls.
- Siassi Bridal bowls.
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FIGURES
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- Ancestral figures mainly from the Sepik
regions.
- Spirit figures from the Ramu region and
Trobriand Islands.
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SKULL RACKS & FOOD HOOKS |
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- Cult Hooks are suspended in the men's house
to represent spirits who helped in fighting, hunting, and warding
off disease.
- Skull hooks origionally had skulls hung
on the ends to ward off opposing clans.
- Food hooks are used to hang food from the
rafters and keep away from vermin.
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| SHIELDS |
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- Shields come in all shapes and sizes, some
made of hide stretched over a framework are used mainly to deflect
arrows. Others, large and cumbersome, may be over two metres
tall and a metre or so wide.
- Some rectangular, some circular, others
more irregular shapes, they can be carved in reliefs or painted
with dyes and ochres.
- Not only is a shield a means of physical
defence, it can be regarded also as a sacred object of spiritual
significance. Faces on them, for instance, represent clan spirits
associated mystically with their bearers who are protected by
them.
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TOOLS
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For further Enquiries, please
email melanesian.arts@global.net.pg
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