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Pig festival, wig ritual: man bespells drums to ensure they will be loud and pleasing to ancestors

Mortuary ritual: women, their faces and bodies smeared with clay as sign or mourning, carry corpse wrapped for burial

House in small clearing

Local court case: women with pigs given in compensation

Bride price ritual: Wando and others eat food provided by groom's group

Edwin Cook's first house in Kwiop: Nancy Cook with pet cockatoo named Marilyn

Pig festival, pig sacrifice, Kwiop: Wando entering his sacrifice house to speak with the spirits of his ancestors

Wahgi-Sepik Divide, aerial view of houses and gardens on north slope

Bride price for Mitsi: payment banner of feather and shell valuables given by the groom's group to the bride's group

Pig festival, pig sacrifice, Kompiai: war allies hold salted pork fat (including bundle in center)

Bride price ritual: decorated men from the groom's group dance into the bride's village

Pig festival, pig sacrifice, Kwiop: dead cassowary with shell valuables, symbolizes ancestors