Papua New Guinea is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean.

Traditional musical instruments include the hollowed log; the garamut slit-drum; water gongs; kundu (generic name for drums) in various forms, cylindrical, conical, or hourglass; paired flutes; kanggur (gourd horns); kurudu (wooden trumpets); dige (long bamboo trumpets); bamboo mouth harps; wooden stomping tubes; bullroarers; leaf-whizzers; and spinning tops made from coconut shells. [Source: Ryan, P., Encyclopaedia of Papua and New Guinea Vol. 2, 1972]

Papuan Musicians

George Telek
Ngaiire

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