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Children, priest and nun in front of church at Dilava missionUC San Diego, Special Collections and ArchivesImage Papua New Guinea -
Bride price ritual: Wando leads group of decorated men with kundu drumsUC San Diego, Special Collections and ArchivesImage Papua New Guinea
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Fishing: nets with hand-carved wooden floats, some shaped like leaves or small fishUC San Diego, The UC San Diego LibraryImage Papua New Guinea
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Pig festival, uprooting cordyline ritual, Tsembaga: men make stylized aggressive charge in front of government rest house, near clan boundaryUC San Diego, Special Collections and ArchivesImage Papua New Guinea
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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
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Patrol Reports. Southern Highlands District, Mendi, 1954 - 1955UC San Diego, The UC San Diego LibraryText Papua New Guinea -
Aerial view of mountains and garden clearingsUC San Diego, Special Collections and ArchivesImage Papua New Guinea
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Patrol Reports. Morobe District, Mumeng, 1961 - 1962UC San Diego, The UC San Diego LibraryText Papua New Guinea
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Patrol Reports. Bougainville District, Kunua, 1970 - 1971UC San Diego, The UC San Diego LibraryText Papua New Guinea
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Bride price ritual: bride, wearing headdress and other finery, breastfeeds childUC San Diego, Special Collections and ArchivesImage Papua New Guinea
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Bridge-building: overhead view of deck under constructionUC San Diego, Special Collections and ArchivesImage Papua New Guinea
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Food preparation: Noma and Kavali placing leaf-wrapped bundles of food in above-ground ovenUC San Diego, Special Collections and ArchivesImage Papua New Guinea
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