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Rock ArtSite Name: Bitsyari Bay, West Papua Alternative Name: Namatote BayCountry: Indonesia Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Kaimana Nearest Village: MaiMai
Latitude: 3.82092S Longitude: 133.931240E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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The site is in Bitsyari Bay opposite the Namatote islands, West Papua. The rock art is located along a stretch of cliffs only accessible from the sea. It takes around 2 hours by boat from Kaimana. The sites are known to locals and cannot be missed. Some of the paintings have been already damaged but most of them are clearly visible from the boat. They remind a lot of aboriginal paintings from Australia.
After doing some research on the internet I found this fascinating book from UNESCO describing them (and others)
Rock Art in West Papua by Karina Arifin and Philippe Delanghe
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