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Title
Bride price ritual: crowd at exchange, man distributes pork provided by groom's group
Creator
Cook, Edwin A
Date Created and/or Issued
December 1962
Contributing Institution
UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives
Collection
Edwin Cook and Susan Pflanz Cook Collection
Rights Information
Under copyright
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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 8, Envelope 23-34, Frame 15)
"Distributing pork at the conclusion of a bride-price ceremony." Manga Social Organization, p. 147.
[Title, Date]. Edwin Cook Papers. MSS 187. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. [Digital Object URL]
Type
image
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb5120940d
Subject
Eating & drinking
Musical instruments
Yams
Pork
Marriage customs and rites
Bride price
Ceremonial exchange
Jewelry
Rites and ceremonies
Narak (Papua New Guinean people)
Pacific Islands
Papua New Guinea
Western Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea)
Oceania
Melanesia
Place
Pacific Islands
Papua New Guinea
Western Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea)
Oceania
Melanesia

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