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Title
Mortuary ceremony: women gathered for exchange of banana leaf bundles and long fiber skirts, note yam house (l)
Creator
Hutchins, Dona
Hutchins, Edwin
Date Created and/or Issued
1975-1976
Contributing Institution
UC San Diego, The UC San Diego Library
Collection
Edwin Hutchins and Dona Hutchins Collection
Rights Information
Under copyright
Constraint(s) on Use: This work is protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Use of this work beyond that allowed by "fair use" requires written permission of the copyright holder(s). Responsibility for obtaining permissions and any use and distribution of this work rests exclusively with the user and not the UC San Diego Library. Inquiries can be made to the UC San Diego Library program having custody of the work.
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Rights Holder and Contact
Hutchins, Dona
Hutchins, Edwin
Description
This sagali took place on the central plaza "bukubaku" of Tukwaukwa village.
UC San Diego Library, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0175 (https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/contact)
Private collection of E. Hutchins, Sleeve 18, Slide 3
Development stamp on slide: Jan76H6.
Type
image
Format
35mm color slide
Language
No linguistic content; Not applicable
Subject
Women
Ceremonial exchange
Trobriand Islanders
Villages
Mourning customs
Pacific Islands
Oceania
Melanesia
Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea)
Place
Pacific Islands
Oceania
Melanesia
Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea)

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