NEW COLLECTION
January - February 2007
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
the top Sepik at the mouth ...
At dawn, boiling water for breakfast 
We are Nagri in countries Nokouma . The waters are high which allowed us to grow rapidly in the dugout. However, the rainy season is not conducive walking and I have to cancel my trip to Waras located 5 hours walking in good weather. The roads are slippery, stuck, we would double the time.
Back to the dugout with the items bought, everybody helps.
Two habits of the inhabitants of this region, Bilum and contact from hand to hand.
Muni inseparable from my book, squatting because the ceiling is not high, I review some figures Minja .
Aligning objects before loading them into the canoe
The canoe is ready , covering protect objects from the sun and rain .
A small family landed
Towards Singjuk
In the rainy season, roads are very muddy
Testimony ...
A houses ceremony Singjuk 
The inner surfaces of the roofs of ceremonial house are covered with bark and often decorated with painted figure of worship, Minja here janus . 
Here, a statue nogwi 
Looking outside 
On the other box, a crocodile bark was completely reconstituted. Here we see the tail. 
And here, his mouth 
Back to the dugout 
It's a long parade of children and adults to accompany me and help me carry my acquisitions. 
Preparation of the canoe 
She is loaded, it's time to start 
Knowing that I had to go through this place, some people Urumbanj waiting for me in the river to offer me things. 
The canoes are reconciled and it manages to sell and buy 
women paddling in general sitting 
We to Kupkain in the box where we will spend the night. Notice the painted boards that decorate this place 
These boards are almost round the box. 
A Swagup several men came together to make paddles and canoes 
This woman Swagup extract the "starch of the sago palm pulp 
Starch is collected in this back canoe 
This starch will be used to bake cakes that serve as sago starch in the diet of people in the Sepik 
A Mino, bark baskets are made to protect small pottery 
Here's another house ceremony, but this time in the village of Yessan 
collection was successful and I have to use two boats joined together by a bamboo bed for transporting a large volume of objects. However, the weight constraint remains and it will monitor the water line of the raft so as not to load too. In case of strong wind, ripples can form quickly, water filling the boat and the boat sank. 
was placed first boards and shields 
Barks painted, fragile, are packed between the bamboos. 
We often wonder about the small size of the canoes are on display in our showroom, this photo is all talk. 
children are associated with many tasks of daily living, for fun and with a smile 
double canoe fills ... 
It is now sufficiently charged
Mino A villager carving a figure Kwoma 
Two double canoes were needed for the objects collected in the upper Sepik and waskuk Hills 
Step to Ambunti 
Both pilots must agree on their speed and direction 
Arrive Pagwa where you're going to have a first shipment by truck to Wewak 
We pause to remember the picture, it s is a question of my team the top Sepik 
A memorable moment in arriving at Palimbei. I am greeted by drums played on these two huge garamut 
The bivouac at night. We do heat the water on the fire in this fireplace clay 
Aibom A woman working to collect sago flour 
the pulp of the sago palm 
starch is recovered here in a bark 
House ceremonial Aibom 
The same house ceremony more closely. Poles, huge, carved entirely. 
No, this is not the bank but a river completely blocked by mounds of earth on which floating weeds have taken root. We will have to fight for nearly an hour and a half to overcome these obstacles and achieve Maramba. 
Yuat River. Strange vision of the man perched on a trunk in the middle of the water. 
The banks of the river Yuat have countless palm trees that produce the famous betel nut consumed by the Papuans. 
Once is not custom, we have abandoned the boat for banana boat and go through to Biwat. 
Children of Mendam extract the pulp of a piece of sago palm trunk. 
Region Murik lakes near the mouth of the Sepik. The proximity of the sea is hinted at the presence of mangroves, which testify to the existence a mangrove swamp. 
Murik The lakes are immense, between sea and river, we do not know very well what you sail. 
The first huts of the village of Karau 
A very large box on stilts Karau 
These villages in the region while Murik spread length sandwiched between the sea and lakes. 
Karau 
We resume our journey to Darapap, one sees between the two sides a coral reef that marks the border between the lakes and the Bismarck Sea. 
Darapap 
Darapap
independent Two canoes are needed to visit Murik. A resident of Darapap with us to show us shortcuts to Aramut. 
The sea brings us swell. The canoes are not designed for these conditions, we must be careful. 
Night falls on Murik 
Arrive Aramut 
Aramut 
Aramut 
Bivouac Aramut evening in the men's house. You peel the sweet potatoes on the menu tonight. 
