The island of Papua or New Guinea (English: New Guinea) or called by Guinea is the second largest island (after the Green Land) in the world located in northern Australia. The island is divided into two areas of the west controlled by Indonesia and eastern parts of the country of Papua New Guinea. The name of New Guinea, was given by Westerners, who argue that the land of Papua like a region of Africa called Guinea, so they call it new guinea.
Papua is a province of Indonesia are the largest located in the center of the island's easternmost parts of Papua or West New Guinea (Irian Jaya). Eastern parts of the country of Papua New Guinea or East New Guinea. Papua initially covers the western part of Papua, so often called West Papua mainly by the Free Papua Organization (OPM) separatist movement that wanted to secede from Indonesia and form their own country.
Since 1969 until 1973 The province is fondly known as West Irian, whose name was later changed to Irian Jaya by the Soeharto conjunction with the inauguration of the Freeport copper and gold mine, and still used officially until 2002.
Papua word itself comes from the Malay language which means curly hair, a description which refers to the physical appearance of indigenous tribes. In 2004, accompanied by protests, Papua was divided into two provinces by the government of Indonesia; eastern kept the name 'Papua', while the west to West Irian Jaya.
One of the traditional weapons in Papua is the Knife Dagger. This weapon is made of cassowary leg bone and feathers adorn the upper Dagger. The main weapon of indigenous Papuans are Bows and Arrows. where the Bows are made of bamboo or wood, while the bow rope made of rattan. and The dart is made of bamboo, wood or kangaroo bone.