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Title
Courtship: couple at courtship event, rub faces; woman wears belts believed to prevent pregnancy
Creator
Cook, Edwin A
Date Created and/or Issued
1962
Contributing Institution
UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives
Collection
Edwin Cook and Susan Pflanz Cook 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 UC Regents. 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.
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Rights Holder and Contact
UC Regents
Description
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 Edwin Cook Papers (Archive negative 2, Roll 13, Envelope 30-35, Frame 30)
"The kananta, a courtship event. Note the belts worn under the breasts which are believed to prevent pregnancy." Manga Social Organization, p. 113.
Similar to plate 9 in Manga Social Organization, p. 113. "The kananta, a courtship event. Note hte belts worn under the breasts which are believed to prevent pregnancy."
[Title, Date]. Edwin Cook Papers. MSS 187. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. [Digital Object URL]
Type
image
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb3175529n
Subject
Narak (Papua New Guinean people)
Headdresses
Jewelry
Teenagers
Marriage customs and rites
Western Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea)
Melanesia
Pacific Islands
Papua New Guinea
Oceania
Place
Western Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea)
Melanesia
Pacific Islands
Papua New Guinea
Oceania

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