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The arms show on the right half a miner's lamp. Koumac still is a mining town, with nickel and chomite mines in the municipality. The upper left half shows in red a golden typical wood decoration, used by the Kanak people to decorate their houses (called <em>fleche faitière</em> in French) . The base shows | The arms show on the right half a miner's lamp. Koumac still is a mining town, with nickel and chomite mines in the municipality. The upper left half shows in red a golden typical wood decoration, used by the Kanak people to decorate their houses (called <em>fleche faitière</em> in French). | ||
The base shows the image of Rat island, a small island that can be seen from the village of Koumac. | |||
The two supporters are deer, a common animal in the area. | |||
[[Literature]] : Scan from a stamp; information from "Alexandre". | [[Literature]] : Scan from a stamp; information from "Alexandre". | ||