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Men showing pearlshells for ceremonial exchange

The anthropologist, John Leroy and another man, dressed for a ceremony

An older village leader, garden in background

A view of Kerabi hamlet during a pig ceremony, temporary visitor accommodations and earth ovens visible in center

A spring trap for marsupials

Decorated man holds up pearlshells and other valuables for ceremonial exchange

British patrol officer with his dog out on patrol, entering a hamlet

Man decorated for pig festival, wears nassa shells and a baler shell ornament, headband with bandanna, trade beads, cockatoo feathers, and marsupial fur

Women and girls with red body paint perform a circle dance

Bones and strings of shells displayed for ancestors during a ritual

Government officials from Mendi (the district capital) collect an oral election ballot from man at right

Young girl wearing small shell discs and beads