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Roughly 200 separate groups speaking distinct languages live around the Sepik River. As might be expected, the variety of artistic styles found among these groups is bewildering, but three visual elements seem to be basic to nearly all the styles in varying degrees: (1) designs in which two triangular forms are connected at their bases or apexes, often with further design elements in the angles so formed, (2) sculpture based on vertical series of hooklike forms that can be either unidirectional or in opposed groups, and (3) naturalistic representation of natural objects. The interplay of these three elements in various ...(100 of 20297 words)