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Yam house of the chief of Omarakana has a decorated facade and is full of yams, boys hang out

Kiriwina Island: aerial view of the northern section

Friendship: adolescent girls wearing short fiber skirts, garlands and necklaces, girl (l) wears mourning necklace

Tukwaukwa village on Kiriwina: houses

Smiling older woman with basket of food and bowls carried on her head

Child making a garland of small flowers

Mortuary ceremony, Omarakana: mourning women gather for ritual exchange of banana leaf bundles

Mortuary ceremony: mourning woman with shaved head wearing long fiber skirt and beaded necklaces

Canoes: detail of carved and painted splashboard of kula canoe, includes two witch figures (top)

Woman heats and flattens pandanus leaf over a fire, softening it for use in weaving

Woman holds young infant

Smiling girl leans on a house post