An aging village leader, skin blackened with soot and oil and decorated for ceremonial parading

West Kewa fieldwork, January-May 1972. Man wears headdress adorned with marsupial fur, pearlshell (kina) and baler shell valuables.

• 1972

• LeRoy, John D., 1944-

35 mm color slide

• Melanesia
• Oceania
• Pacific Islands
• Southern Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea)

• Body marking
• Clothing and dress
• Headdresses
• Kewa (Papua New Guinean people)
• Pig ceremony
• Rites and ceremonies
• Shell money

• image

• No linguistic content; Not applicable

Shared Shelf: 13316188

• LeRoy, John D., 1944-

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