Mortuary ceremony, Omarakana: smiling girl wears turtle shell earrings and mourning necklace which may hold fingernails or other relics of the deceased
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Hutchins, Edwin Hutchins, Dona
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UC San Diego Library, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0175 (https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/contact) Private collection of E. Hutchins, Envelope 50, Roll 8, Image 17
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image
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35mm black and white negative
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ark:/20775/bb3346318q
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Subject
Jewelry Mourning customs Trobriand Islanders Children Melanesia Pacific Islands Milne Bay Province (Papua New Guinea) Oceania Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea)
Place
Melanesia Pacific Islands Milne Bay Province (Papua New Guinea) Oceania Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea)
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