Indonesia, March 10 -- A bespectacled woman gently picked up the prepared coffee powder and began applying it onto a sheet of tree bark using some form of glue, following the lines she had drawn earlier.

With her eyes and hands fully locked onto her "natural canvas," the 36-year-old Papuan woman, Nancy Imelda Nahuway, worked diligently in her home-turned-mini studio where she creates her masterpieces.

Nancy, an indigenous Papuan woman born in Wamena, Jayawijaya District, Highland Papua Province, views coffee as an invaluable, priceless "green gold."

Locals share Nancy's sentiment and take pride in Wamena and Bintang Mountains coffee, which is internationally renowned for its distinct flavors.

For Nancy, coffee is more than just a natu...