Indigenous peoples of Melanesia

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:ethnic_group
gptkbp:ancestry	Denisovan admixture
gptkbp:artworkBy	gptkb:Malagan_masks tapa cloth
gptkbp:colonizedBy	gptkb:Australia gptkb:France gptkb:Germany gptkb:Netherlands gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:culturalPractice	potlatch yam festivals bride price kastom
gptkbp:features	high linguistic diversity blonde hair in some populations
gptkbp:firstContactWithEuropeans	16th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Indigenous peoples of Melanesia
gptkbp:includes	gptkb:Papuans gptkb:Fijians gptkb:Kanaks gptkb:Solomon_Islanders Ni-Vanuatu
gptkbp:languageFamily	gptkb:Austronesian_languages gptkb:Papuan_languages
gptkbp:locatedIn	Melanesia
gptkbp:migratory	settled Melanesia over 40,000 years ago
gptkbp:musicBy	gptkb:drummer bamboo band
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Jean-Marie_Tjibaou gptkb:Sir_Michael_Somare gptkb:Epeli_Hau'ofa
gptkbp:population	over 10 million
gptkbp:region	gptkb:Fiji gptkb:Papua_New_Guinea gptkb:Solomon_Islands gptkb:Vanuatu New Caledonia
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Aboriginal_Australians gptkb:Austronesian_peoples
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Christianity Traditional Melanesian religions
gptkbp:subsistence	fishing horticulture pig husbandry
gptkbp:traditionalDress	grass skirts laplap
gptkbp:traditionalDwelling	stilt houses
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	gptkb:Chief_Roi_Mata’s_Domain gptkb:Kuk_Early_Agricultural_Site
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Bahinemo_people
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8