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Mortuary ceremony, Omarakana: piles of yams and taro for ritual exchange

Fishing: canoes returning to inlet near Tukwaukwa, sails furled, children on beached canoes in foreground

Food preparation: Pambo making above-ground oven

Mortuary ceremony: pregnant woman wearing fiber skirt, next to taro, skirts, banana leaf bundles (wealth items)

Government patrol officer taking census and collecting taxes from local people

Adolescent girl, wearing shell necklace and dashes of betel nut paste on her cheeks, holding a baby

Canoe splashboard with carved design

Abint paints designs on a drum, inside of Rappaport's house

Pig festival, pig sacrifice, Tsembaga: abrogation of taboos, pitpit and pig's blood placed in banana leaves to be cooked for ritual meal

Carving: older man uses an adze with traditional handle and metal blade to shape a piece of wood

Distribution of wild pig meat: Tomegai and Kwibigai clans feast on pork

Stone mortar