Dr. Ross Bowden
Ross Bowden is an Australian cultural anthropologist. His main interests are in the art, religions and history of societies in the Sepik River region of northern Papua New Guinea. He has published four books on the Kwoma of the middle Sepik (including a dictionary) and one on the neighbouring Kaunga-speaking Yalaku. His two most recent books are Art and Creativity in a New Guinea Society: The Kwoma in Cross-Cultural Perspective (Lexington Books, 2022) and The Yalaku: History and Warfare in the Middle Sepik (Sean Kingston Publishing, 2023).
Books by Ross Bowden
Creative Spirits
Bark Painting in the Washkuk Hills of North New Guinea
Ross Bowden | Forthcoming
The art of painting on bark was once widely found in many parts of the Pacific, including the Sepik River region of Papua New Guinea, the home of the Kwoma people who are the subject…
