Building the gwelagwela speaking platform for the mortuary feast
- Description:
- From these platforms, built only at mortuary feasts (and formerly for bounty payments), men present red shell hand-held valuables. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This digital image is a surrogate of an item from the Roger M. Keesing Papers (MSS 427) - Roll 7, Item 8. [Title, Date]. R... Pacific IslandsMelanesiaMalaita (Solomon Islands)OceaniaSolomon Islands
- Display date:
- between 1963 and 1989
- Location:
- Solomon Islands
- Format:
- image
- Collections:
- Digital Public Library of America
- Contributors:
- UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives
- Content partner:
- UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives
- Availability:
- Not specified
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