Extremely Rare Stone Carvings.
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statue1 face 1(see the History story below)
statue1 face 2
statue 1 face 3
Statue 2 face 1
Statue 2 face 2
statue 3 face1
statue 3 face 2
3 PNG Statues;-
The pictures of the 3 Statutes from PNG .These were found by myself in the highlands of PNG in 1968.
Statute 1.
3 faces on extremely hard smooth rock,very heavy and about 10 " tall.
The expert in Miami who saw these on our way to Europe stated that it seemed to support the theory of Thor Hyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame.
This one was found by myself whilst fossicking in The Mendi area of the Southern Highlands ,Sept.1968,it was found in the same area where the old excavated gardens were found.The discovery of these buried gardens upset the then prevalent theory about the birth of agriculture.(see History story below) This statue is really impressive
Statue 2.
Shaped like an axe head but really to heavy and large to be used as an axe,possibly ceremonial stone used in rituals, rougher stone then statute one. Found at the Kum river in Mount Hagen Western Highlands District.Febr.1968.Approximately 6.5" accross at it's widest part.
Statue 3.
Probably used as a bounder or ceremonial stone Rough stone has the serated edges on top same as the KUKUKUKU killerclubs
.Was found on the border of Eastern and Western Highlands,near Kainantu, June 1968.(Read Colin Simpson"Adam with arrows"and"Adam in plumes")
History of Papua New Guinea
Human remains have been found on New Guinea which have been dated to ca. 50,000 years ago. These ancient inhabitants probably had their origins in Southeast Asia. Agriculture was independently developed in the New Guinea highlands around 9,000 years ago, making it one of the few areas of original plant domestication in the world.(See Statue 1 ) A major migration of Austronesian speaking peoples came to coastal regions roughly 2,500 years ago, and this is correlated with the introduction of pottery, pigs and certain fishing techniques. More recently, some 300 years ago, sweet potato entered New Guinea having been introduced to the Moluccas from South America by the then-locally dominant colonial power, Portugal. The far higher crop yields from sweet potato gardens radically transformed traditional agriculture; sweet potato largely supplanted the previous staple, taro, and gave rise to a significant increase in population in the highlands.Little was known in the West about the island until the 19th Century, although European explorers had encountered it as early as the 16th century. The country was named in the 19th century: the word "Papua" is derived from a Malay word describing the frizzy Melanesian hair, and "New Guinea" (Nueva Guinea) was the name coined by the Spanish explorer Yñigo Ortiz de Retez, who in 1545 noted the resemblance of the people to those he had earlier seen along the Guinea coast of Africa.The northern half of the country came into German hands in the late 19th Century as German New Guinea. During World War I, it was occupied by Australia, which had begun administering the southern part as Papua (formerly British New Guinea) in 1905. After World War I, Australia was given a mandate to administer the former German New Guinea by the League of Nations. Papua, by contrast, was deemed to be an External Territory of the Australian Commonwealth, though as a matter of law it remained a British possession, an issue which had significance for the country's post-Independence legal system after 1975. This difference in legal status meant that Papua and New Guinea had entirely separate administrations, both controlled by Australia.The two territories were combined into the Territory of Papua and New Guinea after World War II, and later simply referred to as "Papua New Guinea". The Administration of Papua was now
also open to United Nations oversight. However, certain statutes continued (and continue) to
have application only in one of the two Territories, a matter considerably complicated today by
the adjustment of the former boundary among contiguous provinces with respect to road access and language groups, so that such statutes apply on one side only of a boundary which no longer
exists.Independence from Australia occurred in September of 1975. A secessionist revolt which claimed 20,000 lives raged on the island of Bougainville from 1988 until it was resolved in 1997.
Autonomous Bougainville recently elected Joseph Kabui as president.
As these pictures are of an high density the downloading takes a bit longer.
click on the pictures to get the original image by downloading
statue1 face 1(see the History story below)
statue1 face 2
statue 1 face 3
Statue 2 face 1
Statue 2 face 2
statue 3 face1
statue 3 face 23 PNG Statues;-
The pictures of the 3 Statutes from PNG .These were found by myself in the highlands of PNG in 1968.
Statute 1.
3 faces on extremely hard smooth rock,very heavy and about 10 " tall.
The expert in Miami who saw these on our way to Europe stated that it seemed to support the theory of Thor Hyerdahl of Kon Tiki fame.
This one was found by myself whilst fossicking in The Mendi area of the Southern Highlands ,Sept.1968,it was found in the same area where the old excavated gardens were found.The discovery of these buried gardens upset the then prevalent theory about the birth of agriculture.(see History story below) This statue is really impressive
Statue 2.
Shaped like an axe head but really to heavy and large to be used as an axe,possibly ceremonial stone used in rituals, rougher stone then statute one. Found at the Kum river in Mount Hagen Western Highlands District.Febr.1968.Approximately 6.5" accross at it's widest part.
Statue 3.
Probably used as a bounder or ceremonial stone Rough stone has the serated edges on top same as the KUKUKUKU killerclubs
.Was found on the border of Eastern and Western Highlands,near Kainantu, June 1968.(Read Colin Simpson"Adam with arrows"and"Adam in plumes")History of Papua New Guinea
Human remains have been found on New Guinea which have been dated to ca. 50,000 years ago. These ancient inhabitants probably had their origins in Southeast Asia. Agriculture was independently developed in the New Guinea highlands around 9,000 years ago, making it one of the few areas of original plant domestication in the world.(See Statue 1 ) A major migration of Austronesian speaking peoples came to coastal regions roughly 2,500 years ago, and this is correlated with the introduction of pottery, pigs and certain fishing techniques. More recently, some 300 years ago, sweet potato entered New Guinea having been introduced to the Moluccas from South America by the then-locally dominant colonial power, Portugal. The far higher crop yields from sweet potato gardens radically transformed traditional agriculture; sweet potato largely supplanted the previous staple, taro, and gave rise to a significant increase in population in the highlands.Little was known in the West about the island until the 19th Century, although European explorers had encountered it as early as the 16th century. The country was named in the 19th century: the word "Papua" is derived from a Malay word describing the frizzy Melanesian hair, and "New Guinea" (Nueva Guinea) was the name coined by the Spanish explorer Yñigo Ortiz de Retez, who in 1545 noted the resemblance of the people to those he had earlier seen along the Guinea coast of Africa.The northern half of the country came into German hands in the late 19th Century as German New Guinea. During World War I, it was occupied by Australia, which had begun administering the southern part as Papua (formerly British New Guinea) in 1905. After World War I, Australia was given a mandate to administer the former German New Guinea by the League of Nations. Papua, by contrast, was deemed to be an External Territory of the Australian Commonwealth, though as a matter of law it remained a British possession, an issue which had significance for the country's post-Independence legal system after 1975. This difference in legal status meant that Papua and New Guinea had entirely separate administrations, both controlled by Australia.The two territories were combined into the Territory of Papua and New Guinea after World War II, and later simply referred to as "Papua New Guinea". The Administration of Papua was now
also open to United Nations oversight. However, certain statutes continued (and continue) to
have application only in one of the two Territories, a matter considerably complicated today by
the adjustment of the former boundary among contiguous provinces with respect to road access and language groups, so that such statutes apply on one side only of a boundary which no longer
exists.Independence from Australia occurred in September of 1975. A secessionist revolt which claimed 20,000 lives raged on the island of Bougainville from 1988 until it was resolved in 1997.
Autonomous Bougainville recently elected Joseph Kabui as president.
