Sepik cultures
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Sepik cultures are the diverse indigenous societies of Papua New Guinea’s Sepik River region, renowned for their complex social systems, rich ritual life, and highly distinctive artistic traditions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sepik cultures canonical | 2 |
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Papua New Guinean culture
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indigenous culture ⓘ riverine culture ⓘ |
| artMedium |
fiber and basketry
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pigment painting ⓘ shell and bone ⓘ wood ⓘ |
| artStyleCharacteristic |
complex surface patterning
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elongated figures ⓘ highly detailed carving ⓘ integration of human and animal motifs ⓘ |
| associatedWithRiver | Sepik River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colonialHistoryContext |
Australian-administered Territory of New Guinea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
German New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Oceania ⓘ |
| country | Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| economyType |
fishing
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pig husbandry ⓘ sago processing ⓘ subsistence agriculture ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Abelam people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Boiken people NERFINISHED ⓘ Chambri people NERFINISHED ⓘ Iatmul people NERFINISHED ⓘ Kwoma people NERFINISHED ⓘ Manambu people NERFINISHED ⓘ Sawos people NERFINISHED ⓘ Tshangit people NERFINISHED ⓘ Yimar people NERFINISHED ⓘ Yupno-Nankina related groups ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | major artistic region of Melanesia ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
cash economy
ⓘ
missionization ⓘ |
| knownFor |
ancestral figures
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body ornamentation ⓘ complex social systems ⓘ distinctive artistic traditions ⓘ rich ritual life ⓘ ritual masks ⓘ spirit house architecture ⓘ wood carving ⓘ |
| languageFamilyContext | Papuan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageRegion | Sepik language family area ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Papua New Guinea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sepik River region NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableResearcher |
Anthony Forge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gregory Bateson NERFINISHED ⓘ Margaret Mead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousBeliefContext |
ancestor worship
ⓘ
animism ⓘ |
| ritualPractice |
ancestral veneration
ⓘ
male initiation ceremonies ⓘ spirit cults ⓘ yam fertility rituals ⓘ |
| socialOrganizationFeature |
age-graded initiation systems
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clan-based social structure ⓘ men’s cult houses ⓘ |
| studiedBy | anthropology ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.