The famous canoe carvings of Walomo are detailed in Hermoine Frankel’s excellent monograph “Canoes of Walamo” , Institute Of Papua New Guinea Studies, 1978. They are also described in Haddon & Hornell, Canoes of Oceania, pp 308 -9, Bishop Museum, 1936. Frenkel’s book is study of canoes of people of Walomo one of five villages situated on north-west coast of New Guinea . This is study covers an introduction to Walomo life and context of single outrigger canoe,includes a series of paintings of the designs used to decorate the canoes, and section on how it is constructed, social context of the designs,the carver the relation –ships of the canoe and its designs to the sea and to the fishing season limited by the violence of the north-west monsoons, and on meaning of the simbols employed. On the stamp “K1” prow piece of one of the elaborately carved traditional fishing canoes of Walamo village, on the PNG-West Papua border. The prow ornament, which is unique to Walamo, always has the traditional Friarbird at its tip because the people of Walomo believe this bird is used by the ancestors as a messenger .In her book “Canoes of Walamo” Hermione Frankel also states that the Friar Bird , a noisy and inquisitive land bird, gives warning of danger and watches over the canoe. Below the bird’s head a series of large and dangerous fishes are always carved , including dolphins and various types of sharks. The sides are traditionally carved and painted in the pattern called Musini (long tom fish). The outrigger platform also has its terminals decorated with carvings, used as rests for fishing spears and rods.
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Source: A. Haddon, J. Hornell: Canoes of Oceania.1937.Volume II. http://tribalartbrokers.net/details.php?itemId=CMY. http://tribalartbrokers.net/details.php?itemId=CMR. https://books.google.ru/books?id=vYxJP6 ... &dq=Walomo