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Yumi Yet

Bougainville is our home, our life, our culture, our identity, and it is unique. We, the Havini and Sirivi families from Bougainville Island, have brought together precious and everyday objects from our homeland and the Australian Museum Collection.


Introduction

Map


Feast bowls

Ceremonial hood

Chief or queen's crown

Baskets


Bows and arrows

Traditional pottery

Bamboo flutes

Women's symbol and a dancing fan


Ceremonial paddles

Plank built boat

Ceremonial figures

Initiation headdress


Chief staffs

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