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Men's house, smoke from hearths escapes through the thatch, banana, taro and other garden plants nearby

A young man in ceremonial garb, blackened face and body, wig with feathers and marsupial fur band

A newly constructed longhouse (yaeada) for participants in a pig ceremony

Karst topography

Dancer during a ceremonial gathering, in regalia, including headdress with feathers, nassa and kina shell valuables, and face paint

Decorated men intone chants about ceremonial and political prowess

Adolescent girls with face and body paint, pearlshell pendants and other finery, ready for their dance

Men and women decorated for ceremonial occasion

Villager, perspiring and fatigued, wears feathered looped headdress with trade-bead headband, face paint and baler shell valuable

Heating stones for earth ovens, large piles of food and banner of kina (pearlshell) valuables, men (l) wear ritual finery including baler shell pectorals

A post festooned with bones of pigs and wild animals, in a ritual for ancestors

Erave patrol officer (in red cap), on patrol, addresses villagers, Australian flag hangs from pole (left)