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Title
Decorated men from Koiari village, wearing headdresses, body and face paint, baler shell ornaments, and other finery
Creator
LeRoy, John D., 1944-
Date Created and/or Issued
1971
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
South Kewa (Erave) fieldwork, June-December 1971. Slide caption: Parading Koiari. Koiari is the name of the Kewa village where these people are from.
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
Language
No linguistic content; Not applicable
Subject
Pig ceremony
Clothing and dress
Dance
Kewa (Papua New Guinean people)
Shell money
Body marking
Rites and ceremonies
Southern Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea)
Melanesia
Pacific Islands
Oceania
Place
Southern Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea)
Melanesia
Pacific Islands
Oceania

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