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Title
Addressing spirits before burial
Creator
Keesing, Roger M., 1935-1993
Date Created and/or Issued
May 1964
Contributing Institution
UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives
Collection
Roger M. Keesing Collection
Rights Information
Under copyright
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Heirs of Roger M. Keesing
Description
The dead person will often be given an explanation of the ritual proceedures that are going to be followed, to keep their spirit from being angry or otherwise problematic. The man who has been the suru'ai for the death, the main taboo-keeper for the ritual, has his head shaved.
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca)
This digital image is a surrogate of an item from the Roger M. Keesing Papers (MSS 427) - Roll 21, Item 15.
[Title, Date]. Roger Keesing Papers. MSS 427. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. [Digital Object URL]
Type
image
Subject
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Burial
Men
Kwaio (Solomon Islands people)
Ancestor worship
Melanesia
Malaita (Solomon Islands)
Pacific Islands
Solomon Islands
Oceania
Place
Melanesia
Malaita (Solomon Islands)
Pacific Islands
Solomon Islands
Oceania

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