A brown river near Amamapare.
Traditional dancers on Biak Island.
The mummified remains of war kain Werapak Elosarek in Akima Village.
INDONESIAN
NEW GUINEA
WEST PAPUA/IRIAN JAYA
Text and photographs by
KAL MULLER
Edited by David Pickell
© 2001 by Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd.
Fifth edition
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Printed in Singapore
ISBN: 978-1-4629-0925-4 (ebook)
First edition: 1990
Second edition: 1992
Third edition: 1994
Fourth Edition: 1996
Publisher: Eric Oey
Fifth edition updated by Joan Suyenaga
Cartography: David Pickell & Violet Wong
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The Periplus Adventure Guides Series
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EAST MALAYSIA
and Brunei
EAST OF BALI
From Lombok to Timor
INDONESIAN NEW GUINEA
West Papua/Irian Jaya
JAVA
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Indonesian Spice Islands
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Front cover A Dani warrior.
Contents
| PART I: Introducing West Papua | |
| INTRODUCTION | 17 |
| GEOGRAPHY | 18 |
| A Vast and Rugged Island | |
| MAP: Geologic History of New Guinea | 20 |
| FLORA AND FAUNA | 21 |
| A Strange Assortment of Creatures | |
| FEATURE: | 23 |
| Birds of Paradise | |
| PREHISTORY | 26 |
| Papuans and Austronesians in New Guinea | |
| MAP: Language Groups | 27 |
| THE WEST PAPUANS | 30 |
| The Province's Diverse Ethnicities | |
| EUROPEANS | 36 |
| Rumors of Gold and Exotic Trade | |
| EXPLORATION | 40 |
| Naturalists, Mountaineers Map the Island | |
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| WORLD WAR II | 44 |
| MacArthur's New Guinea Campaign | |
| MISSIONARIES | 46 |
| Bringing the Word to a 'Heathen' Land | |
| TEMBAGAPURA | 51 |
| A Giant Copper Mine in the Sky | |
| WEST PAPUA TODAY | 57 |
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Dutch New Guinea to Irian 'Victorious'
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