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Canoes: men use poles to move small outrigger, detail of another canoe's platform in foreground

Weaving: Kitemwalusa makes a loosely-woven basket from coconut fronds

Fishing: boy fishes with a hand line while standing on tree branch above waves on the east coast of Kiriwina

Weaving: pregnant woman strips spines from edges of pandanus leaves

Western Highlands: tea plantation employee, Stephen Buntrock

Western Highlands: gateway marked with sharpened poles, probably a group boundary

Mortuary ceremony, Omarakana: mourning women, their heads shaved, carry banana leaf bundles (wealth items) for ritual exchange

Mortuary ceremony, Omarakana: smiling girl wears turtle shell earrings and mourning necklace which may hold fingernails or other relics of the deceased

Mortuary ceremony: pregnant woman wearing long fiber skirt, next to piles of fiber skirts and banana leaf bundles (wealth items)

Proud mother holds up young infant wearing cloth diaper

Bomtavau holds young infant, probably a grandchild

Manus: toy boat made of discarded materials, Pere village