Oceania, Aotearoa and Australia
Gunantuna
Lands
the Gazelle Peninsula of New Britain Island, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea
Countries Papua New Guinea
Facts 3
Achievement
In 2016 a Queensland gallery commissioned A Bit na Ta, a collaborative work made with the wider Tolai community whose music carries the rhythms of Tolai life from 1875 to 1975.
As of 2016 Source: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Art from Papua New Guinea Celebrated in Major QAG Exhibition (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Today
Diwarra pays for everyday things such as store goods and school fees, and sharing it out expresses ties between clans and individuals.
Source: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Gunantuna (Tolai people) (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Culture
The Gunantuna use two currencies: Papua New Guinea's kina and toea, and tabu or diwarra, a shell money that is legal tender throughout East New Britain.
Source: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Gunantuna (Tolai people) (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
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