The national emblem of Papua New Guinea was announced in the Papua New Guinea Gazette of 1st July, 1971.

The National Emblem is described in the National Identity Ordinance as follows: - The Papua New Guinea National Emblem is a partially stylised representation of the wide-spread Bird of Paradise Gerrus paradisaea in display, head turned to its left, seated on the up-turned 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, 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.

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