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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 9, Envelope 35-38, Frame 37) "Killing pigs for another phrase of the ceremonial cycle. The man holding the pig is one of the nine men who have just returned from a two year labor contract on the coast. The first such Manga group to go out of the Jimi as labourers. When they returned they had to go through purification ceremonies." 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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Pigs Rites and ceremonies Narak (Papua New Guinean people) Sacrifice Western Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea) Melanesia Papua New Guinea Pacific Islands Oceania
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Western Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea) Melanesia Papua New Guinea Pacific Islands Oceania
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