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Pig festival, pig sacrifice, Tsembaga: men on ritual fence call names and clans of allies, men below present allies with bundles of salted pork

Patrol Reports. Milne Bay District, Bolubolu, 1965 - 1966

Pig festival, uprooting cordyline ritual, Tsembaga: legs of man (center) have been smeared with pandanus oil for strength

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

Patrol Reports. Northern District, Tufi, 1960 - 1961

Patrol Reports. Madang District, Madang, 1944 - 1945

Returned laborers, purification ritual: man who has returned from contract labor holds a piglet for sacrifice to the ancestors

Carving: M'lapokala carving a bowl, other carvings on left are probably for tourist trade

Edwin Cook next to a gate, entrance to a dance ground

Pig festival, pig sacrifice, Tsembaga: ritual exchange of shell valuables, steel axes, and pork displayed on mat

Bride price for Mitsi: women from the bride's group are fed pork provided by the groom's group

Mortuary ceremony, Omarakana: mourning women carry large baskets of banana leaf bundles for ritual exchange, especially large basket on head of woman in center background