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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. 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 0499). [Title, Date]. Edwin Cook Papers. MSS 187. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. [Digital Object URL]
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image
Subject
Kandawo (Papua New Guinean people) Marriage customs and rites Bride price Narak (Papua New Guinean people) Ceremonial exchange Papua New Guinea Western Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea) Melanesia Oceania Pacific Islands
Place
Papua New Guinea Western Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea) Melanesia Oceania Pacific Islands
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