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Depicts a return payment from the Manga people on behalf of Membe, a Narak woman, who had married a Minj man. Expained in detail on page 190-191 of Manga Entrepreneurial Strategies, Susan Pflanz (PhD thesis 1977). Membe bride price bek payment. Tsinge. Tsapinde. Mon Komble. Summer 1971. 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 6, Slide 0243). [Title, Date]. Edwin Cook Papers. MSS 187. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. [Digital Object URL]
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image
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb97964901
Subject
Pork Feathers Ceremonial exchange Marriage customs and rites Bride price Narak (Papua New Guinean people) Pacific Islands Melanesia Oceania Papua New Guinea Western Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea)
Place
Pacific Islands Melanesia Oceania Papua New Guinea Western Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea)
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