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Title
Elota with pork
Creator
Keesing, Roger M., 1935-1993
Date Created and/or Issued
October 1969
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
"The most prominent feastgiver of his era carves a pig at his mortuary feast." Note obi wristband that marks him as one of the givers of this feast. In the bag on his back is a pandanus mode umbrella/sleeping mat.
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) - Roll 6, Item 16.
[Title, Date]. Roger Keesing Papers. MSS 427. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. [Digital Object URL]
Type
image
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb42330993
Subject
Cookery
Mortuary feasts
Jewelry
Kwaio (Solomon Islands people)
Pigs
Pork
Smoking
Men
Melanesia
Malaita (Solomon Islands)
Solomon Islands
Oceania
Pacific Islands
Elota, 1908-1973
Place
Melanesia
Malaita (Solomon Islands)
Solomon Islands
Oceania
Pacific Islands

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