The partitioning of people by language is perhaps more extreme on the Sepik coast than anywhere else on earth. Shortly before World War I, the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago acquired ...

New Guinea is the most linguistically diverse region in the world. Over 1,000 languages are found there. Unsurprisingly, controversy exists concerning the degree to which this diversity has been ...

To hide the screams, the men play long bamboo flutes and pound lizard-skin drums. When a boy reaches manhood in the Sepik Valley he must fast for a week, then retreat to the Haus Tamburan, the men’s ...

Tribal art gathered by three travelers — U.S. Ambassador, Nicholas M. Salgo; the artist, Neltje; and the educator, Mary Jane Edwards — during their trips to Papua New Guinea are featured in this ...

The birth of the Lapita Cultural Complex in the southwestern Pacific approximately 3,500 years before present (ybp) enabled the discovery and/or settlement of every island of the world’s largest ocean ...

What is the aim of the overall programme? The EU-STREIT PNG Programme, funded by the European Union, is the largest of its kind in the Pacific region and is being implemented in Papua New Guinea's ...

Communities oppose the mine and hydropower development that threatens the health of the Sepik river The Sepik River is Papua New Guinea’s longest, free flowing river and one of the largest and most ...