Bride price for Mitsil: women wear headdresses, shell valuables, woven armbands and belts, bride at right

Note words Papua New Guinea woven into design of belts

• August 1962

• Cook, Edwin A.

This digital image is a surrogate of an item from the Edwin Cook Papers (Archive negative 2, Roll 1, Envelope 1-4, Frame 2)

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

• Bride price
• Dance
• Musical instruments
• Narak (Papua New Guinean people)
• Rites and ceremonies

• image

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• Edwin Cook Papers

• UC Regents

[Title, Date]. Edwin Cook Papers. MSS 187. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. [Digital Object URL]

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2021-11-17