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This is a gelema dance in which the lead dancer, here Na'oni'au with the half-shaved head, brushes up against each of the other dancers, subtly sorcerizing them, but in the end the other men find him out, and kill him with their dance sticks. Part of sango ritual. 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 21. [Title, Date]. Roger Keesing Papers. MSS 427. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. [Digital Object URL]
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image
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb7577844t
Subject
Dance Kwaio (Solomon Islands people) Mortuary feasts Women Sculpture Boys Children Men Malaita (Solomon Islands) Melanesia Pacific Islands Oceania Solomon Islands
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