The various cultures that our group is researching are connected by geographic location and prehistoric migration. New Guinea was first populated between 40,000 and 50,000 years ago as part of a human migration that took place much earlier than the Lapita Migration which populated the further Polynesian Islands. The population of New Guinea did come in contact the Lapita migrants at around 1600 B.C. and integrated the domestic dogs, chickens and pigs, that the migrants brought, into their food production.
We have chosen to connect the self adornment of these diverse cultures through the role that ceremony plays in this type of decoration. In New Guinea, public displays of self decoration are important components of rituals and ceremonies, which are held for tribal exchange, religious ritual, adult initiation, and the mourning of tribal members. New Guinea tribes often use face and body paint as a part of their adornment for these ceremonies.
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