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Description
This photograph was taken when Si'owane was nearing 90. This image and caption published in Lightning Meets the West Wind: Oxford Univ. Press, 1979, page 179. Si'owane's full name is 'Elota Si'owane and he is from Gounaile. In this image he supervises the dancers. 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 55, Item 15. [Title, Date]. Roger Keesing Papers. MSS 427. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. [Digital Object URL]
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image
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb5530045q
Subject
Children Boys Men Women Mortuary feasts Kwaio (Solomon Islands people) Sculpture Dance Melanesia Malaita (Solomon Islands) Solomon Islands Oceania Pacific Islands
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