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Tukwaukwa village on Kiriwina: houses and coconut palms seen across a bay

Young boy carries bundle of firewood

Elderly woman, Bomtavau, kisses young infant

Soccer (football) match: crowd of spectators

Carving: M'lapokala makes a wooden bowl with stand, probably for tourist trade

Canoe-building: Mogiovyeka attaches the 'duku' vine that will be used to pull the roughly carved canoe through the forest to the nearest inlet

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