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Re-photographed image from a villager's scrapbook taken in 1981 showing the Western and Traditional custom wedding dress (Original photograph date unknown). The photographer seems to be referencing the diamond shape similar to that found in the bamboo weavings for the house walls; a popular shape for Mewun. UC San Diego Library, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0175 (https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/contact)
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image
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ark:/20775/bb6933326j
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Subject
Weddings Scrapbooks Wintua (Malekula, Vanuatu) South West Bay (Malakula, Vanuatu) Melanesia Oceania Pacific Islands Mewun Scrapbooks Wealth Indicators
Place
Wintua (Malekula, Vanuatu) South West Bay (Malakula, Vanuatu) Melanesia Oceania Pacific Islands
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