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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 16, Envelope 59-69, Frame 31) "This is a group of men going to pay for a 'bride'. The 'Bride' has, however, as is the custom here, been married for any number of years but has at least produced one live child who is now at least 5-8 years old and more likely than not she also has a son (this being much more important) who is somewhere in the same age range. The payment here, at cost, is probably worth 500.00 which is expensive for the highlands but about 1/4 of what is payed on the coast." MSS187, Box 44, Folder 9. [Title, Date]. Edwin Cook Papers. MSS 187. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. [Digital Object URL]
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Bride price Shell money Dance Headdresses Jewelry Marriage customs and rites Narak (Papua New Guinean people) Pacific Islands Papua New Guinea Western Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea) Oceania Melanesia
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Pacific Islands Papua New Guinea Western Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea) Oceania Melanesia
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