RUFF DRAWING OF A BARK PAINTING, AFTER BUHLER, BARROW & MOUNTFORD - “ART OF THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS”, CROWN PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK, 1962, P 56.

CEREMONIAL HAT OWNED BY THE WIFE OF NOAH KUMOT, COUNSELLOR OF YENTCHAN VILLAGE. NATURAL FIBRES TWINED WITH OLD SHELL PENDANTS. THE SHELLS ARE ATTACHED WITH NEWER TWINE, SO MAY HAVE COME FROM AN OLDER FORM. PHOTOGRAPHED IN 1981.

TAMBANUM VILLAGE. WOVEN CANE SAUNMAN FIGURE. MADE BY WANGOUI OF THE MOGWA CLAN IN 1981.

A NAGOSAP VILLAGE ORATOR’S STOOL PURCHASED IN 1974 BY A US COLLECTOR. SIMILAR FORMS REMAINED IN THE 1970’S AND 80’S IN IATMUL HAUS TAMBARAN (YENTCHAN, PALIMBEI, KANGANAMAN, SUAPMERI).

THE WICKER TUMBUNA DANCE MASKS OBSERVED IN 1978, IN THE PNG GOVERNMENT OWNED SALES OUTLET FOR VILLAGE ARTS IN PORT MORESBY. WOODEN TUSKS WOULD INDICATE THAT THEY MAY HAVE ORIGINATED IN THE TAMBANUM VILLAGE.

VIEW OF A CLAY FACE POT BELONGING TO KAUMINDJA YAMBANUMBUR (FATHER’S NAME), TONGWINJAMB VILLAGE, 1978.

CARVED SUPPORT POST FOR A HAUS TAMBARAN, IATMUL AREA OF THE SEPIK. PRIVATE COLLECTION, USA. PURCHASED IN 1967, FROM FATHER HEINEMANN, CATHOLIC MISSION, WEWAK.

CARVED HAUS TAMBARAN FINIAL, OBSERVED IN THE UPPER LEVEL OF THE YENTCHAN VILLAGE HAUS TAMBARAN, NANG’GARAMBI, 1977.