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Title
Mortuary ceremony, Omarakana: mourning women, their heads shaved, carry banana leaf bundles (wealth items) for ritual exchange
Creator
Hutchins, Dona
Hutchins, Edwin
Date Created and/or Issued
1976
Contributing Institution
UC San Diego, The UC San Diego Library
Collection
Edwin Hutchins and Dona Hutchins Collection
Rights Information
Under copyright
Constraint(s) on Use: This work is protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Use of this work beyond that allowed by "fair use" requires written permission of the copyright holder(s). Responsibility for obtaining permissions and any use and distribution of this work rests exclusively with the user and not the UC San Diego Library. Inquiries can be made to the UC San Diego Library program having custody of the work.
Use: This work is available from the UC San Diego Library. This digital copy of the work is intended to support research, teaching, and private study.
Rights Holder and Contact
Hutchins, Edwin
Hutchins, Dona
Description
Teeth of woman in center are stained from betel net (areca) use; woman on left wears mourning necklaces; woman on right has streaks of ash on her face.
UC San Diego Library, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0175 (https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/contact)
Private collection of E. Hutchins, Envelope 44, Roll 7, Image 15
Type
image
Format
35mm black and white negative
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb2458941g
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Women
Mourning customs
Trobriand Islanders
Ceremonial exchange
Betel nut
Body marking
Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea)
Pacific Islands
Oceania
Melanesia
Milne Bay Province (Papua New Guinea)
Place
Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea)
Pacific Islands
Oceania
Melanesia
Milne Bay Province (Papua New Guinea)

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