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This sequence of images depicts payment of a bride price. The bride in this case was a Narak woman named Aina, who had married a Bubgile (Kandawo speaker) man. Aina had died before her bride price was paid. The event is described in Susan Pflanz' thesis, Manga Entrepreneurial Strategies. 1972 - Aina's brideprice. Row of young girls. 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 (Box 45, Folder 9, Slide 0504). [Title, Date]. Edwin Cook Papers. MSS 187. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. [Digital Object URL]
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image
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb8055855t
Subject
Kandawo (Papua New Guinean people) Ceremonial exchange Marriage customs and rites Narak (Papua New Guinean people) Bride price Headdresses Oceania Papua New Guinea Pacific Islands Western Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea) Melanesia
Place
Oceania Papua New Guinea Pacific Islands Western Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea) Melanesia
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