The Emblem of Bougainville is an official symbol of the
Autonomous Region of Bougainville
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The emblem depicts a traditional
garamut drum, drum sticks and an
upe head dress. It was initially adopted in 1978 for the then province of North Solomons and continued to remain in use, with a modified legend, when the Autonomous Region of Bougainville was created in 2002.
See also
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Emblem of Papua New Guinea
The national emblem of Papua New Guinea consists of a Raggiana bird-of-paradise, bird-of-paradise over a traditional spear and a ''kundu (drum), kundu'' drum. Designed by Hal Holman, an Australian artist working for the Politics of Papua New Guin ...
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Autonomous Region of Bougainville
1978 introductions
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