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The mother of the baby, Geninaatoo, is sprinkling pulverized barks placed in a leaf. The pulverized bark has been treated with langwalee'ai magic before being given to the mother. She sprinkles this in the clearing as she comes up from the menstrual area. She sprinkles it in all the houses as well. The langwalee'ai magic was peformed earlier by Folofo'u, the paternal grandfather of the baby. Kwa'ilamo is the father of the baby and the son of Folofo'u. 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 37, Item 10. [Title, Date]. Roger Keesing Papers. MSS 427. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. [Digital Object URL]
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Kwaio (Solomon Islands people) Women Birth customs Magic Traditional medicine Infants Dwellings Malaita (Solomon Islands) Oceania Pacific Islands Solomon Islands Melanesia
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