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Title
A young man in ceremonial garb, blackened face and body, wig with feathers and marsupial fur band
Creator
LeRoy, John D., 1944-
Date Created and/or Issued
1972
Contributing Institution
UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives
Collection
John LeRoy Photographs
Rights Information
Under copyright
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Rights Holder and Contact
LeRoy, John D., 1944-
Description
West Kewa fieldwork, January-May 1972.
UC San Diego Library, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0175 (https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/contact)
Type
image
Format
35 mm color slide
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb3622100t
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Body marking
Wigs
Pig ceremony
Kewa (Papua New Guinean people)
Rites and ceremonies
Oceania
Pacific Islands
Southern Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea)
Melanesia
Place
Oceania
Pacific Islands
Southern Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea)
Melanesia

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