Money cord assortment from Papua New Guinea. The ultimate good luck charm that can be found in almost every home in New Guinea Available in 4 gemstone designs: Golden Triangle, Rose Quartz, Chakra, Geodines and Papuan Shell Pendant. Supplied assorted.
The Papuans are the original inhabitants of the island of New Guinea and some neighboring islands. They live across two countries; Indonesia; (the provinces of Papua and West Papua, together Irian Jaya before 2000) and Papua New Guinea. In addition, Papuans live in the Western world due to emigration, especially in the Netherlands. New Guinea is inhabited by almost a thousand different tribes and almost an equal number of different languages are spoken, which are divided into two language groups, a very diverse group of Papuan languages and the Austronesian languages. The speakers of the Papuan languages, the largest group, live mainly on the island of New Guinea and the speakers of the Austronesian languages live mainly on the islands of the north and east coast of New Guinea and in a narrow coastal strip of New Guinea. Papuans usually refer to speakers of the Papuan languages, but sometimes also include the Austronesian-speaking minority. The Austronesian-speaking tribes are also referred to as Melanesia, after Melanesia, of which New Guinea is a part