Roy Rappaport Collection
Owning Institution: UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives
About this Collection
Photographs taken by American anthropologist, Roy A. Rappaport (b. 1926 - d. 1997), document research in the highlands of Papua New Guinea in 1962-1963, where he studied the social life, rituals and ecology of the Maring-speaking people, particularly those belonging to the Tsembaga clan cluster living in the Simbai Valley of Madang Province. Subjects include agricultural practices, material culture such as house and bridge-building, and a year-long ritual cycle. Pig sacrifices, dance and music, ceremonial exchange, and elaborate feather headdresses and wigs are among the topics portrayed. Also included are photographs taken in the Adelbert Range of Madang Province, and images created in the context of archaeological work in 1960 in French Polynesia, particularly on Moorea and Tahiti. View this collection on the contributor's website.View collection guide.
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