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Mortuary ceremony, Omarakana: mourning woman with shaved head and wearing necklace carries banana leaf bundles for exchange, talks with anthropologist Annette Weiner

Boy sits on tree stump next to the Hutchins' house

Fishing: men carry strings of fish that they have obtained via exchange or barter from returned fishermen

Mortuary ceremony, Omarakana: mourning girl with fiber shawl, turtle shell earrings, her face blackened with ash and head shaved

Girls are adorned with face paint, short red fiber skirts, flower garlands, and other items, beautified for a dance

Adolescent girl wears decorative skirt, fragrant leaves, turtle shell earrings, younger girl (right) is similarly attired

Western Highlands: woman with face tattoo, she carries a net bag (bilum) slung from her head

Young girl with long hair, other children smoothing her hair

Canoes: men on canoe near sandbank

Meeting: man speaks in front of gathered crowd, gestures with his arms

Western Highlands: woman with face tattoo

Carving: older man uses an adze with metal blade to shape a piece of wood