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Mortuary ceremony, Omarakana: women, faces and bodies blackened with ash, heads shaved, carry large basket of yams

Adolescent girl is beautified, wearing armbands, large turtle shell earrings, flower garlands, and shell necklaces

Mortuary ceremony: pregnant woman and others attend exchange

Kiriwina Island: aerial view of coastline south towards Vakuta

Man and infant sit on steps, sharing food

Mortuary ceremony, Omarakana: women gather in village for exchange

Mortuary ceremony: women add banana leaf bundles to exchange

Canoes: people on a canoe under sail

Kairiru: woman on rocky beach carries small child in a sling on her back

Young girl, Imala, sitting on some logs

Land clearing: men remove trees and bushes from rocky land, preparing for construction

Dance: decorated children with short doba skirts and flattened pandanus leaves for circle dance, younger children play nearby