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Courtship: young men beautified for courting, they wear feathers, hair ornaments, shell necklaces, red loin cloths, fragrant leaves and flowersUC San Diego, The UC San Diego LibraryImage Papua New Guinea -
Food preparation: man with small slaughtered pigUC San Diego, Special Collections and ArchivesImage Papua New Guinea
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Pig festival, pig sacrifice, Tsembaga: Ann Rappaport with woman at ancestral shrineUC San Diego, Special Collections and ArchivesImage Papua New Guinea
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Patrol Reports. Madang District, Karkar, 1960 - 1961UC San Diego, The UC San Diego LibraryText Papua New Guinea -
Girl making garland or lei of frangipani (plumeria) flowersUC San Diego, The UC San Diego LibraryImage Papua New Guinea
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Yeria, Wanuma Census Division: man next to tree from which bark has been removedUC San Diego, Special Collections and ArchivesImage Papua New Guinea
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Patrol Reports. Madang District, Bogia, 1962 - 1963UC San Diego, The UC San Diego LibraryText Papua New Guinea
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Pig festival, wig ritual, Tsembaga: boys extract pandanus oil to be rubbed on wigged men's skinUC San Diego, Special Collections and ArchivesImage Papua New Guinea
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Patrol Reports. Central District, Abau, 1971-1972UC San Diego, The UC San Diego LibraryText Papua New Guinea
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Pig festival, wig ritual, Tsembaga: pandanus fruit (r) and pitpit, food for men undergoing construction of red wigsUC San Diego, Special Collections and ArchivesImage Papua New Guinea
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Government-sponsored festival in Tabibuga: running girls race, watched by crowdUC San Diego, Special Collections and ArchivesImage Papua New Guinea
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Dance: children beautified with coconut oil and yellow pollen, one child wears red shell necklace and flower garlandUC San Diego, The UC San Diego LibraryImage Papua New Guinea
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