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Skinner-Jones, Ann
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Louise Robi carries a baby in the 'nimbwi', the name for a barkcloth baby sling in pre-colonial times. Today this is simply two yards of store-bought cloth. However, every bridegroom-to-be is expected to give his future mother-in-law two yards of cloth symbolizing the nimbwi in which she carried his bride-to-be when she was an infant. UC San Diego Library, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0175 (https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/contact)
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Children Clothing and dress Wintua (Malekula, Vanuatu) Oceania Pacific Islands South West Bay (Malakula, Vanuatu) Melanesia
Place
Wintua (Malekula, Vanuatu) Oceania Pacific Islands South West Bay (Malakula, Vanuatu) Melanesia
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