Papua New Guinea

The official emblems of Papua New Guinea are its emblem and flag.

Emblem
The Papua New Guinea National Emblem is a partially-stylized representation of the widespread Bird of Paradise Genus paradisaea in display, head turned to its left, seated on the upturned grip of a horizontal Kundu drum with the drum-head to the right side of the bird, from behind which a horizontal ceremonial spear projects with the head to the left of the bird.

If coloured proper, the following colours should be used–

BIRD OF PARADISE.

Head.......................................Yellow

Bill...........................................Grey-blue.

Neck........................................Black.

Breast......................................Green with yellow band.

Abdomen.................................Light brown, darkening to vent.

Wings and long tail feathers....Brown (reddish).

Display plumes........................Deep red (slightly brownish).

SPEAR.

Black, with white highlights.

KUNDU DRUM.

Drum-head.............................White.

Body.......................................Black, with white ornamentations.

Grip.........................................Black, with white highlights.

Flag
The Papua New Guinea National Flag is a rectangular flag, proportions four to three, divided diagonally from the top of the hoist to the bottom of the fly, the upper segment scarlet (Collies No. 305) overprinted on mid-yellow (Collies No. 537) charged with a mid-yellow (Collies No. 537) representation of a soaring Bird of Paradise, and the lower segment black (Collies No. 309) charged with five white five-pointed stars representing the Southern Cross. The descriptions and positions of the Bird of Paradise and the stars are as follows:–