The Faculty of Creative Arts UPNG at Waigani also an excellent source of paintings, pottery and etchings. Artifacts can also be found for sale at most high schools, teachers colleges and galleries. They are very strong bags used for everything from storing food to carrying a baby. Most provinces specialise in different kinds of weaponry. Bows and arrows, are traditional in several areas.
Shields have a decorative and spiritual role just as important as their defensive purposes.
The Chambri Lake carvers in the East Sepik region decorate their spears to match their masks. Cassowary bone daggers are also found on the Sepik. They are found mostly along the Sepik River, but also in other parts of the country. The Chambri Lake masks feature elongated designs with incised brown and white patterns finished in glossy black. At Koroga the masks are made from wood and clay decorated with shells, hair and pig's teeth.