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<div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Visual art of Papua New Guinea</div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Spirit_Figure_LACMA_M.2008.66.9.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Spirit_Figure_LACMA_M.2008.66.9.jpg/202px-Spirit_Figure_LACMA_M.2008.66.9.jpg" decoding="async" width="202" height="313" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Spirit_Figure_LACMA_M.2008.66.9.jpg/304px-Spirit_Figure_LACMA_M.2008.66.9.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Spirit_Figure_LACMA_M.2008.66.9.jpg/404px-Spirit_Figure_LACMA_M.2008.66.9.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3552" data-file-height="5496" /></a><figcaption>20th–century <a href="/wiki/Figurine" title="Figurine">figurine</a> from <a href="/wiki/East_Sepik_Province" title="East Sepik Province">East Sepik Province</a></figcaption></figure><p><b>Papua New Guinean art </b>refers to <a href="/wiki/Visual_arts" title="Visual arts">visual art</a> created in <a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea" title="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a> or by Papua New Guinean <a href="/wiki/Artist" title="Artist">artists</a>. Papua New Guinea has been inhabited by <a href="/wiki/Human" title="Human">humans</a> for roughly 50,000 years; throughout that period, the hundreds of distinct <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_people_of_New_Guinea#Papuan_ethnic_groups" title="Indigenous people of New Guinea">ethnic groups</a> of the island developed unique artistics traditions and styles. <a href="/wiki/Statue" title="Statue">Statues</a> and <a href="/wiki/Figurine" title="Figurine">figurines</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ritual_mask" class="mw-redirect" title="Ritual mask">ritual masks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carving" title="Carving">carvings</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Weaving" title="Weaving">weavings</a>, all generally with spiritual and religious significance, comprise a majority of the art created historically in Papua New Guinea. In the late 20th century, a <a href="/wiki/Contemporary_art" title="Contemporary art">contemporary art</a> movement emerged roughly the same time as the country gained its <a href="/wiki/Independence" title="Independence">independence</a> in the 1970s. This movement reflected both the nation's tribal traditions and customs as well as its progression towards modernization. </p><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Papua_New_Guinean_art&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Before_European_contact">Before European contact</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Papua_New_Guinean_art&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Before European contact"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Humans are believed to have first inhabited the <a href="/wiki/Highland" title="Highland">highlands</a> of the island of <a href="/wiki/New_Guinea" title="New Guinea">New Guinea</a>, which would later become part of the country of Papua New Guinea, around 50,000 years ago.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many of the <a href="/wiki/Village" title="Village">villages</a> that eventually developed on the island had little contact with one another due to impassable terrain, causing them to diverge culturally, as evidenced by the ethnic and <a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Papua_New_Guinea" title="Languages of Papua New Guinea">linguistic</a> diversity present throughout Papua New Guinea.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alongside this cultural divergence, distinct and unique <a href="/wiki/Style_(visual_arts)" title="Style (visual arts)">artistic styles</a> and traditions emerged among the different groups.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bird_Head_MET_DP134512.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Bird_Head_MET_DP134512.jpg/220px-Bird_Head_MET_DP134512.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="287" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Bird_Head_MET_DP134512.jpg/330px-Bird_Head_MET_DP134512.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Bird_Head_MET_DP134512.jpg/440px-Bird_Head_MET_DP134512.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2940" data-file-height="3833" /></a><figcaption>Early <a href="/wiki/Morobe_Province" title="Morobe Province">Morobe Province</a> stone bird figure</figcaption></figure> <p>Much of the art created during this early period had a religious or spiritual significance, and were likely used in tribal <a href="/wiki/Ritual" title="Ritual">rituals</a>; humans and animals such as <a href="/wiki/Bird" title="Bird">birds</a> and <a href="/wiki/Echidna" title="Echidna">echidnas</a> were often subjects.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For example, in <a href="/wiki/New_Ireland_(island)" title="New Ireland (island)">New Ireland</a>, complex sculptures depicting humans, <a href="/wiki/Fish" title="Fish">fish</a>, and birds in a <a href="/wiki/Totem" title="Totem">totemic</a> arrangement were, and continue to be, fabricated for <i><a href="/wiki/Malagan" title="Malagan">malagan</a></i> ceremonies, which are an intricate series of rituals commemorating <a href="/wiki/Death" title="Death">death</a>, among other symbolic ideas.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, <a href="/wiki/Uli_figure" title="Uli figure"><i>uli</i></a> figures are wooden statues carved and painted to resemble deceased ancestors in mortuary ceremonies.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The people of Papua New Guinea utilized many different <a href="/wiki/List_of_art_media" title="List of art media">mediums</a> for their art, including <a href="/wiki/Rock_(geology)" title="Rock (geology)">stone</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Wood" title="Wood">wood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fiber" title="Fiber">fibers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pigment" title="Pigment">pigments</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Seashell" title="Seashell">seashells</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their creations often took the form of masks, statues, figurines, carvings and weavings.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some peoples even created ceremonial houses, <a href="/wiki/Shield" title="Shield">shields</a>, <a href="/wiki/Musical_instrument" title="Musical instrument">instruments</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Overmodelled_skull" title="Overmodelled skull">overmodelled skulls</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="European_contact_and_colonization">European contact and colonization</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Papua_New_Guinean_art&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: European contact and colonization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>European sailors first made contact with the peoples of Papua New Guinea, as well as many other islands in <a href="/wiki/Oceania" title="Oceania">Oceania</a>, as early as the 16th century. New Guinea was colonized and divided between the <a href="/wiki/German_Empire" title="German Empire">German Empire</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" title="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland">Great Britain</a> by 1884; <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> would later take control of the nation of Papua New Guinea in 1921 following <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the Papua New Guinea's period of <a href="/wiki/Colonization" title="Colonization">colonization</a> in the 19th and 20th centuries, European collectors frequently exported art pieces from the colony abroad to <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> and Australia. This practice was so commonplace that it led to common artistic objects virtually vanishing from local villages. The <a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea_National_Museum_and_Art_Gallery" title="Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery">Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery</a> was later opened in 1977 to combat this phenomenon.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite the removal of many artifacts, the actual indigenous methods of art themselves survived and continued to be practiced by natives, somewhat unaffected by the European colonization of the islands.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Independence_and_contemporary_movement">Independence and contemporary movement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Papua_New_Guinean_art&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Independence and contemporary movement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kumurr_de_Chiphowka_Robin_Kowspi_(mus%C3%A9e_du_quai_Branly)_(2951708100).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Kumurr_de_Chiphowka_Robin_Kowspi_%28mus%C3%A9e_du_quai_Branly%29_%282951708100%29.jpg/220px-Kumurr_de_Chiphowka_Robin_Kowspi_%28mus%C3%A9e_du_quai_Branly%29_%282951708100%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Kumurr_de_Chiphowka_Robin_Kowspi_%28mus%C3%A9e_du_quai_Branly%29_%282951708100%29.jpg/330px-Kumurr_de_Chiphowka_Robin_Kowspi_%28mus%C3%A9e_du_quai_Branly%29_%282951708100%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Kumurr_de_Chiphowka_Robin_Kowspi_%28mus%C3%A9e_du_quai_Branly%29_%282951708100%29.jpg/440px-Kumurr_de_Chiphowka_Robin_Kowspi_%28mus%C3%A9e_du_quai_Branly%29_%282951708100%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1570" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Contemporary painting by Robin Chiphowka Kowspi</figcaption></figure> <p>Papua New Guinea gained its independence from Australia on 16 September 1975.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alongside its newly gained status as an independent nation, a contemporary art movement developed simultaneously in reaction to the drastic changes occurring in the country at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Early figures of this movement such as <a href="/wiki/Mathias_Kauage" title="Mathias Kauage">Matthias Kauage</a> and <a href="/wiki/Timothy_Akis" title="Timothy Akis">Timothy Akis</a> were major influences in the movement when it began in the 1960s and 1970s. These early members of the movement were themselves influenced by Western artists who had come to reside and teach in Papua New Guinea. Other noteworthy artists of this period included <a href="/wiki/Joe_Nalo" title="Joe Nalo">Joe Nalo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Larry_Santana" title="Larry Santana">Larry Santana</a>, and Jakupa Ako.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These artists' work became so important to the fledgling nation's rapidly modernizing culture that they became nearly ubiquitous, even appearing on <a href="/wiki/Postage_stamp" title="Postage stamp">stamps</a> and the exterior of <a href="/wiki/National_Parliament_House,_Port_Moresby" title="National Parliament House, Port Moresby">National Parliament House</a> in <a href="/wiki/Port_Moresby" title="Port Moresby">Port Moresby</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Indian_Social_Activist_Dr_Harikumar_Pallathadka_posing_in_front_of_the_National_Parliament_House_of_PNG.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Indian_Social_Activist_Dr_Harikumar_Pallathadka_posing_in_front_of_the_National_Parliament_House_of_PNG.JPG/220px-Indian_Social_Activist_Dr_Harikumar_Pallathadka_posing_in_front_of_the_National_Parliament_House_of_PNG.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Indian_Social_Activist_Dr_Harikumar_Pallathadka_posing_in_front_of_the_National_Parliament_House_of_PNG.JPG/330px-Indian_Social_Activist_Dr_Harikumar_Pallathadka_posing_in_front_of_the_National_Parliament_House_of_PNG.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Indian_Social_Activist_Dr_Harikumar_Pallathadka_posing_in_front_of_the_National_Parliament_House_of_PNG.JPG/440px-Indian_Social_Activist_Dr_Harikumar_Pallathadka_posing_in_front_of_the_National_Parliament_House_of_PNG.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2644" data-file-height="3205" /></a><figcaption>Wall painting on the National Parliament House</figcaption></figure> <p>A major theme of the movement is the combination of artists' indigenous cultures with a Papua New Guinea's recently-attained statehood, modernization, and worldwide technological advance.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This era was of great importance to the country, and the dramatic changes occurring in the country at the time socially and politically were commonly reflected in the works of artists of the time.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other themes, such as the <a href="/wiki/Epidemiology_of_HIV/AIDS" title="Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS">AIDS pandemic</a>, which reached Papua New Guinea in the late 1980s, were also portrayed by these artists.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Paintings, generally featuring indigenous motifs combined with bright, bold colors and lines, became a major medium of art during this period. However, other traditional methods, such as statues, weavings, decorative shields, and pottery continued to be produced.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to the contemporary movement, there has also been an effort to repatriate historical pieces that were taken abroad during the country's colonial period.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A large amount of artwork created in Papua New Guinea still remains in museums in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>, among other countries. The first <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Papua_New_Guinea" title="Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea">Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Somare" title="Michael Somare">Michael Somare</a>, once requested the return of cultural artifacts to the country, referring to them as "living spirits with fixed abodes,"<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> expressing their spiritual significance to Papua New Guineans. In 2020, the <a href="/wiki/National_Gallery_of_Australia" title="National Gallery of Australia">National Gallery of Australia</a> transferred 225 artifacts, including masks and sculptures, to the Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Papua_New_Guinean_art&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mus%C3%A9e_du_Quai_Branly_Papouasie_Statuette_04032012_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Statuette"><img alt="Statuette" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Mus%C3%A9e_du_Quai_Branly_Papouasie_Statuette_04032012_3.jpg/54px-Mus%C3%A9e_du_Quai_Branly_Papouasie_Statuette_04032012_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="54" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Mus%C3%A9e_du_Quai_Branly_Papouasie_Statuette_04032012_3.jpg/81px-Mus%C3%A9e_du_Quai_Branly_Papouasie_Statuette_04032012_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Mus%C3%A9e_du_Quai_Branly_Papouasie_Statuette_04032012_3.jpg/108px-Mus%C3%A9e_du_Quai_Branly_Papouasie_Statuette_04032012_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1285" data-file-height="2841" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Statuette</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kultfigur_nalik_Mandak_Museum_Rietberg_RME_431.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Uli figure"><img alt="Uli figure" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Kultfigur_nalik_Mandak_Museum_Rietberg_RME_431.jpg/64px-Kultfigur_nalik_Mandak_Museum_Rietberg_RME_431.jpg" decoding="async" width="64" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Kultfigur_nalik_Mandak_Museum_Rietberg_RME_431.jpg/96px-Kultfigur_nalik_Mandak_Museum_Rietberg_RME_431.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Kultfigur_nalik_Mandak_Museum_Rietberg_RME_431.jpg/128px-Kultfigur_nalik_Mandak_Museum_Rietberg_RME_431.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1041" data-file-height="1954" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Uli figure</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maska_okr%C4%85g%C5%82a_lub_sto%C5%BCkowata_-_Plemi%C4%99_Elema_-_002023s.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mask"><img alt="Mask" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Maska_okr%C4%85g%C5%82a_lub_sto%C5%BCkowata_-_Plemi%C4%99_Elema_-_002023s.jpg/81px-Maska_okr%C4%85g%C5%82a_lub_sto%C5%BCkowata_-_Plemi%C4%99_Elema_-_002023s.jpg" decoding="async" width="81" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Maska_okr%C4%85g%C5%82a_lub_sto%C5%BCkowata_-_Plemi%C4%99_Elema_-_002023s.jpg/121px-Maska_okr%C4%85g%C5%82a_lub_sto%C5%BCkowata_-_Plemi%C4%99_Elema_-_002023s.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Maska_okr%C4%85g%C5%82a_lub_sto%C5%BCkowata_-_Plemi%C4%99_Elema_-_002023s.jpg/161px-Maska_okr%C4%85g%C5%82a_lub_sto%C5%BCkowata_-_Plemi%C4%99_Elema_-_002023s.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1293" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Mask</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Papua_nuova_guinea,_isola_della_nuova_irlanda,_figura_del_rituale_funebre_Uli,_1700-1810_ca._02.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="18th–19th century Uli figure"><img alt="18th–19th century Uli figure" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Papua_nuova_guinea%2C_isola_della_nuova_irlanda%2C_figura_del_rituale_funebre_Uli%2C_1700-1810_ca._02.JPG/46px-Papua_nuova_guinea%2C_isola_della_nuova_irlanda%2C_figura_del_rituale_funebre_Uli%2C_1700-1810_ca._02.JPG" decoding="async" width="46" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Papua_nuova_guinea%2C_isola_della_nuova_irlanda%2C_figura_del_rituale_funebre_Uli%2C_1700-1810_ca._02.JPG/70px-Papua_nuova_guinea%2C_isola_della_nuova_irlanda%2C_figura_del_rituale_funebre_Uli%2C_1700-1810_ca._02.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Papua_nuova_guinea%2C_isola_della_nuova_irlanda%2C_figura_del_rituale_funebre_Uli%2C_1700-1810_ca._02.JPG/93px-Papua_nuova_guinea%2C_isola_della_nuova_irlanda%2C_figura_del_rituale_funebre_Uli%2C_1700-1810_ca._02.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1120" data-file-height="2879" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">18th–19th century Uli figure</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dance_Headdress_LACMA_M.2008.66.5_(1_of_2).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="1880 Sulka dance headdress"><img alt="1880 Sulka dance headdress" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Dance_Headdress_LACMA_M.2008.66.5_%281_of_2%29.jpg/97px-Dance_Headdress_LACMA_M.2008.66.5_%281_of_2%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="97" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Dance_Headdress_LACMA_M.2008.66.5_%281_of_2%29.jpg/146px-Dance_Headdress_LACMA_M.2008.66.5_%281_of_2%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Dance_Headdress_LACMA_M.2008.66.5_%281_of_2%29.jpg/195px-Dance_Headdress_LACMA_M.2008.66.5_%281_of_2%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1704" data-file-height="2100" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">1880 <a href="/wiki/Sulka_language" title="Sulka language">Sulka</a> dance headdress</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kampfschild_Sepik_Museum_Rietberg_RME_129.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sepik shield, 19th–20th century"><img alt="Sepik shield, 19th–20th century" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Kampfschild_Sepik_Museum_Rietberg_RME_129.jpg/62px-Kampfschild_Sepik_Museum_Rietberg_RME_129.jpg" decoding="async" width="62" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Kampfschild_Sepik_Museum_Rietberg_RME_129.jpg/93px-Kampfschild_Sepik_Museum_Rietberg_RME_129.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Kampfschild_Sepik_Museum_Rietberg_RME_129.jpg/124px-Kampfschild_Sepik_Museum_Rietberg_RME_129.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1943" data-file-height="3743" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Sepik" title="Sepik">Sepik</a> shield, 19th–20th century</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; 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astronomy">Australian Aboriginal astronomy</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austronesian_peoples#Culture" title="Austronesian peoples">Austronesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caroline_Islands#People_and_culture" title="Caroline Islands">Caroline Islands</a>, <i>-<a href="/wiki/Pwo" title="Pwo">Pwo</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moriori#Revival_of_culture" title="Moriori">Chatham Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cook_Islands#Culture" title="Cook Islands">Cook Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easter_Island#Culture" title="Easter Island">Easter Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Fiji" title="Culture of Fiji">Fiji</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Lau_Islands#Culture_and_economy" title="Lau Islands">Lau Islands</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fijian_traditions_and_ceremonies" title="Fijian traditions and ceremonies">traditions and ceremonies</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guam#Culture" title="Guam">Guam</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Lomilomi_massage" title="Lomilomi massage">Lomilomi massage</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Kiribati" title="Culture of Kiribati">Kiribati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_the_Marquesas_Islands" title="Culture of the Marquesas Islands">French Polynesia's Marquesas Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federated_States_of_Micronesia#Culture" title="Federated States of Micronesia">Federated States of Micronesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Nauru" title="Culture of Nauru">Nauru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Caledonia#Culture" title="New Caledonia">New Caledonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_New_Zealand" title="Culture of New Zealand">New Zealand</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_culture" title="Māori culture">Māori</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niue#Culture" title="Niue">Niue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Island#Culture" title="Norfolk Island">Norfolk Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palau#Culture" title="Palau">Palau</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Languages_of_Papua_New_Guinea" title="Languages of Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Samoa" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of Samoa">Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Solomon_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Tonga" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of Tonga">Tonga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Tuvalu" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of Tuvalu">Tuvalu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Vanuatu" title="Languages of Vanuatu">Vanuatu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Associated states<br />of New Zealand</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_the_Cook_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of the Cook Islands">Cook Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Niue" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of Niue">Niue</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Dependencies<br />and other territories</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_American_Samoa" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of American Samoa">American Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Christmas_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of Christmas Island">Christmas Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_the_Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands">Cocos (Keeling) Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Easter_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of Easter Island">Easter Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_French_Polynesia" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of French Polynesia">French Polynesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Guam" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of Guam">Guam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Hawaii" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of Hawaii">Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_New_Caledonia" title="Languages of New Caledonia">New Caledonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Norfolk_Island" title="Languages of Norfolk Island">Norfolk Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of the Northern Mariana Islands">Northern Mariana Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of the Pitcairn Islands">Pitcairn Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Tokelau" title="Languages of Tokelau">Tokelau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Wallis_and_Futuna" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of Wallis and Futuna">Wallis and Futuna</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">by category</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Category:Languages_of_Oceania" title="Category:Languages of Oceania">Languages of Oceania</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Oceanian_literature" title="Oceanian literature">Literature</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Oceania_topic" title="Template:Oceania topic"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Oceania_topic" title="Template talk:Oceania topic"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Oceania_topic" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Oceania topic"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Literature_of_Oceania" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Literature_of_Oceania" class="mw-redirect" title="Literature of Oceania">Literature of Oceania </a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sovereign states</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Literature_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Literature of Australia">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Literature_of_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Literature of the Federated States of Micronesia (page does not exist)">Federated States of Micronesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Literature_of_Fiji" class="mw-redirect" title="Literature of Fiji">Fiji</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Literature_of_Kiribati&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Literature of Kiribati (page does not exist)">Kiribati</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Literature_of_the_Marshall_Islands&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Literature of the Marshall Islands (page does not exist)">Marshall Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Literature_of_Nauru&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Literature of Nauru (page does not exist)">Nauru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Literature_of_New_Zealand" class="mw-redirect" title="Literature of New Zealand">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Literature_of_Palau&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Literature of Palau (page does not exist)">Palau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Literature_of_Papua_New_Guinea" class="mw-redirect" title="Literature of Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Literature_of_Samoa" class="mw-redirect" title="Literature of Samoa">Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Literature_of_Solomon_Islands&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Literature of Solomon Islands (page does not exist)">Solomon Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Literature_of_Tonga" class="mw-redirect" title="Literature of Tonga">Tonga</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Literature_of_Tuvalu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Literature of Tuvalu (page does not exist)">Tuvalu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Literature_of_Vanuatu" title="Literature of Vanuatu">Vanuatu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Associated states<br />of New Zealand</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Literature_of_the_Cook_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Literature of the Cook Islands">Cook Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Literature_of_Niue" class="mw-redirect" title="Literature of Niue">Niue</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Dependencies<br />and other territories</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Literature_of_American_Samoa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Literature of American Samoa (page does not exist)">American Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Literature_of_Christmas_Island&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Literature of Christmas Island (page does not exist)">Christmas Island</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Literature_of_the_Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Literature of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands (page does not exist)">Cocos (Keeling) Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Literature_of_Easter_Island&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Literature of Easter Island (page does not exist)">Easter Island</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Literature_of_French_Polynesia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Literature of French Polynesia (page does not exist)">French Polynesia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Literature_of_Guam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Literature of Guam (page does not exist)">Guam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Literature_of_Hawaii" class="mw-redirect" title="Literature of Hawaii">Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Literature_of_New_Caledonia" class="mw-redirect" title="Literature of New Caledonia">New Caledonia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Literature_of_Norfolk_Island&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Literature of Norfolk Island (page does not exist)">Norfolk Island</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Literature_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Literature of the Northern Mariana Islands (page does not exist)">Northern Mariana Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Literature_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Literature of the Pitcairn Islands (page does not exist)">Pitcairn Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Literature_of_Tokelau&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Literature of Tokelau (page does not exist)">Tokelau</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Literature_of_Wallis_and_Futuna&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Literature of Wallis and Futuna (page does not exist)">Wallis and Futuna</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Music</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_the_Austral_Islands" title="Music of the Austral Islands">Austral Islands (French Polynesia)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_music_of_Australia" title="Indigenous music of Australia">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austronesian_peoples#Music" title="Austronesian peoples">Austronesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_the_Cook_Islands" title="Music of the Cook Islands">Cook Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Easter_Island" title="Music of Easter Island">Easter Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Fiji" title="Music of Fiji">Fiji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Guam" title="Music of Guam">Guam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Kiribati" title="Music of Kiribati">Kiribati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lali_(drum)" title="Lali (drum)">Lali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Melanesia" title="Music of Melanesia">Melanesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Micronesia" class="mw-redirect" title="Music of Micronesia">Micronesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia" class="mw-redirect" title="Music of the Federated States of Micronesia">Federated States of Micronesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Nauru" title="Music of Nauru">Nauru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_New_Caledonia" title="Music of New Caledonia">New Caledonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_New_Zealand" title="Music of New Zealand">New Zealand</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_music" title="Māori music">Māori</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Niue" title="Music of Niue">Niue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands" title="Music of the Northern Mariana Islands">Northern Mariana Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Palau" title="Music of Palau">Palau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Papua_New_Guinea" title="Music of Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Polynesia" title="Music of Polynesia">Polynesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Samoa" title="Music of Samoa">Sāmoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slit_drum" title="Slit drum">Slit drum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Solomon_Islands" title="Music of Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Tahiti" title="Music of Tahiti">Tahiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Tokelau" title="Music of Tokelau">Tokelau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Tonga" title="Music of Tonga">Tonga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Tuvalu" title="Music of Tuvalu">Tuvalu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Vanuatu" title="Music of Vanuatu">Vanuatu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Polynesia" title="Music of Polynesia">Wallis and Futuna</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mythology</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Aboriginal_mythology" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Aboriginal mythology">Australian Aboriginal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Fijian_mythology" title="Category:Fijian mythology">Fijian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mangarevan_mythology" class="mw-redirect" title="Mangarevan mythology">Mangarevan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tahiti_and_Society_Islands_mythology" title="Tahiti and Society Islands mythology">Maohi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_mythology" title="Māori mythology">Māori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melanesian_mythology" title="Melanesian mythology">Melanesian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menehune" title="Menehune">Menehune</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Micronesian_mythology" title="Micronesian mythology">Micronesian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Oceanian_legendary_creatures" title="Category:Oceanian legendary creatures">Oceanian legendary creatures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polynesian_mythology" title="Polynesian mythology">Polynesian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rapa_Nui_mythology" title="Rapa Nui mythology">Rapa Nui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samoan_mythology" title="Samoan mythology">Samoan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuvaluan_mythology" title="Tuvaluan mythology">Tuvaluan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Vanuatu_mythology" title="Category:Vanuatu mythology">Vanuatuan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Research</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asian_American_and_Pacific_Islander_Policy_Research_Consortium" title="Asian American and Pacific Islander Policy Research Consortium">Asian American and Pacific Islander Policy Research Consortium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Institute_of_Aboriginal_and_Torres_Strait_Islander_Studies" title="Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies">Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_Australians" title="Indigenous Australians">Indigenous Australian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austronesian_peoples" title="Austronesian peoples">Austronesian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sama-Bajau" title="Sama-Bajau">Sama-Bajau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chamorro_people" title="Chamorro people">Chamorro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moriori" title="Moriori">Chatham Islander (Moriori <em>or</em> Rekohu)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fijians" title="Fijians">Fijian (iTaukei)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Native_Hawaiians" title="Native Hawaiians">Hawaiian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilocano_people" title="Ilocano people">Ilocano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igorot" class="mw-redirect" title="Igorot">Igorot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivatan_people" title="Ivatan people">Ivatans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lumad" title="Lumad">Lumad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_people" title="Māori people">Māori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_the_Marshall_Islands" title="Demographics of the Marshall Islands">Marshallese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melanesians" title="Melanesians">Melanesian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Micronesians" title="Micronesians">Micronesian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Negrito" title="Negrito">Negrito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Islanders" title="Norfolk Islanders">Norfolk Islander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_people_of_New_Guinea" title="Indigenous people of New Guinea">Papuan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polynesians" title="Polynesians">Polynesian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maohi" title="Maohi">Indigenous Polynesian (Mā’ohi)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rapa_Nui_people" title="Rapa Nui people">Rapa Nui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rotumans" title="Rotumans">Rotuman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samoans" title="Samoans">Samoan (Tagata Māo‘i)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tagalog_people" title="Tagalog people">Tagalog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tahitians" title="Tahitians">Tahitian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_aborigines" class="mw-redirect" title="Taiwanese aborigines">Taiwanese aborigines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokelauan_people" title="Tokelauan people">Tokelauan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Tonga" title="Demographics of Tonga">Tongan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torres_Strait_Islanders" title="Torres Strait Islanders">Torres Strait Islander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visayans" title="Visayans">Visayans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yami_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Yami people">Yami</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Religion</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Oceania_topic" title="Template:Oceania topic"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Oceania_topic" title="Template talk:Oceania topic"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Oceania_topic" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Oceania topic"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Religion_in_Oceania" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Oceania" title="Religion in Oceania">Religion in Oceania </a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sovereign states</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Australia" title="Religion in Australia">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia" title="Religion in the Federated States of Micronesia">Federated States of Micronesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Fiji" title="Religion in Fiji">Fiji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Kiribati" title="Religion in Kiribati">Kiribati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_the_Marshall_Islands" title="Religion in the Marshall Islands">Marshall Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Nauru" title="Religion in Nauru">Nauru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_New_Zealand" title="Religion in New Zealand">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Palau" title="Religion in Palau">Palau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Papua_New_Guinea" title="Religion in Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Samoa" title="Religion in Samoa">Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Solomon_Islands" title="Religion in Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Tonga" title="Religion in Tonga">Tonga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Tuvalu" title="Religion in Tuvalu">Tuvalu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Vanuatu" title="Religion in Vanuatu">Vanuatu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Associated states<br />of New Zealand</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_the_Cook_Islands" title="Religion in the Cook Islands">Cook Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Niue" class="mw-redirect" title="Religion in Niue">Niue</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Dependencies<br />and other territories</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_American_Samoa" class="mw-redirect" title="Religion in American Samoa">American Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Christmas_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Religion in Christmas Island">Christmas Island</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_the_Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Religion in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands (page does not exist)">Cocos (Keeling) Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Easter_Island&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Religion in Easter Island (page does not exist)">Easter Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_French_Polynesia" class="mw-redirect" title="Religion in French Polynesia">French Polynesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Guam" class="mw-redirect" title="Religion in Guam">Guam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Hawaii" class="mw-redirect" title="Religion in Hawaii">Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_New_Caledonia" class="mw-redirect" title="Religion in New Caledonia">New Caledonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Norfolk_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Religion in Norfolk Island">Norfolk Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Religion in the Northern Mariana Islands">Northern Mariana Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_the_Pitcairn_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Religion in the Pitcairn Islands">Pitcairn Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Tokelau" title="Religion in Tokelau">Tokelau</a></li> <li><a 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