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Man named Box wears luluai badge on forehead, denoting status as a government-appointed leaderUC San Diego, Special Collections and ArchivesImage Papua New Guinea -
Wanumbil, Wanuma Census Division: smiling child stands beside adultsUC San Diego, Special Collections and ArchivesImage Papua New Guinea
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Pig festival, pig sacrifice, Tsembaga: men on ritual fence call names and clans of allies, men below present allies with bundles of salted porkUC San Diego, Special Collections and ArchivesImage Papua New Guinea
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Patrol Reports. Milne Bay District, Bolubolu, 1965 - 1966UC San Diego, The UC San Diego LibraryText Papua New Guinea -
Pig festival, uprooting cordyline ritual, Tsembaga: legs of man (center) have been smeared with pandanus oil for strengthUC San Diego, Special Collections and ArchivesImage Papua New Guinea
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Fishing: canoes returning to inlet near Tukwaukwa, sails furled, children on beached canoes in foregroundUC San Diego, The UC San Diego LibraryImage Papua New Guinea
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Patrol Reports. Northern District, Tufi, 1960 - 1961UC San Diego, The UC San Diego LibraryText Papua New Guinea
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Patrol Reports. Madang District, Madang, 1944 - 1945UC San Diego, The UC San Diego LibraryText Papua New Guinea
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Returned laborers, purification ritual: man who has returned from contract labor holds a piglet for sacrifice to the ancestorsUC San Diego, Special Collections and ArchivesImage Papua New Guinea
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Carving: M'lapokala carving a bowl, other carvings on left are probably for tourist tradeUC San Diego, The UC San Diego LibraryImage Papua New Guinea
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Edwin Cook next to a gate, entrance to a dance groundUC San Diego, Special Collections and ArchivesImage Papua New Guinea
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Pig festival, pig sacrifice, Tsembaga: ritual exchange of shell valuables, steel axes, and pork displayed on matUC San Diego, Special Collections and ArchivesImage Papua New Guinea
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