Noken (from Biak inoken) is a traditional Papuan multifunctional knotted or woven bag native to the Western New Guinea region, Indonesia.

Its distinctive usage, which involves being hung from the head, is traditionally used to carry various goods, and also children.

[3] In several areas of Central Papua and Highland Papua, noken – instead of the usual ballot box – is preferred as a way to place ballots, where it is recognized as a ballot tool and system where a big man (primarily chieftains) cast votes for the tribe or noken gantung, where the tribe members and the chief collectively decide to vote unanimously in the regional leadership elections.

[6] For the 2024 election, twelve regencies in Central and Highland Papua used the noken system to some extent, and seven of the twelve regencies used the noken system in all polling stations.

[7] Wayang (2008) Keris (2008) Batik (2009) Angklung (2010) Pinisi, art of boatbuilding in South Sulawesi (2017) Three Genres of Traditional Dance in Bali (2019) Pencak silat (2019) Pantun (2020) Gamelan (2021) Noken (2011) Saman dance (2012)