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Marek wearing the dagger made from his father's leg bone on his shoulder. Photograph by Donna Patania near Ambunti, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, 1982.
Bows and arrows, spears and atlatls, bone daggers and stone axes are still produced and actively used in New Guinea for hunting, warfare and for ceremony. While steel has replaced bone and stone in many implements, some remote areas of Papua (Irian Jaya) still rely on stone axes. Guns are relatively rare and expensive, so hunters and warriors make bows, arrows, spears and spearthrowers using the skills developed by their ancestors.
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Photograph copyright Donna Patania, 1998, all rights reserved.
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