Kwoma

Oceaniaother subsistence combinations
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The Kwoma are a small group of indigenous people living in the Ambunti Sub-Province of the Sepik River region of Papua New Guinea. They are internally divided into two major groups; the "Kwoma" or "hill people" inhabiting the Washkuk Hills on the north of the Sepik River, and the “Nukuma,” or “headwater people” living further north and west along the tributaries of the Sepik. Traditional Kwoma society was organized in a moiety-type clan and localized lineages. The male members of each lineage lived in villages clustered around a men's ceremonial house. They subsist principally on wild sago, supplemented with swidden cultivation, fishing and occasional hunting.

Identifier
Region
  • Oceania
Subregion
  • Melanesia
Subsistence Type
  • other subsistence combinations
Samples
Countries
  • Papua New Guinea
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