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Title
Setting up cross-stick from which to hang shell money from
Creator
Keesing, Roger M., 1935-1993
Date Created and/or Issued
February 1975
Contributing Institution
UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives
Collection
Roger M. Keesing Collection
Rights Information
Under copyright
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Rights Holder and Contact
Heirs of Roger M. Keesing
Description
Wa'i bride price payment for 'Elota's daughter, Funaa, to marry Larikeni's son, Biri Foowa'i.
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).
[Title, Date]. Roger Keesing Papers. MSS 427. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. [Digital Object URL]
Type
image
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb3175055s
Subject
Bride price
Kwaio (Solomon Islands people)
Dwellings
Marriage customs and rites
Men
Pacific Islands
Malaita (Solomon Islands)
Oceania
Solomon Islands
Melanesia
Place
Pacific Islands
Malaita (Solomon Islands)
Oceania
Solomon Islands
Melanesia

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