Adolescent girls (Kopi, Kanila, and Kena) laughing, next to Cooks' house in Kwiop

• March 1962

• Cook, Edwin A.

This digital image is a surrogate of an item from the Edwin Cook Papers (Archive negative 2, Roll 16, Envelope 5-9, Frame 2)

"The Laughing Trio. Not that you're interested, but their names from left to right are Kopi, Kanila, and Kena.... Sister-exchange is the practice here. Two otherwise unrelated men will exchange sisters, thereby both obtaining wives. Virginity is carefully watched out over and courting is chaperoned by either mothers or much younger girls who would not be tempted to enter into liasons due to age." MSS187, Box 44, Folder 9.

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

• Hats
• Jewelry
• Narak (Papua New Guinean people)
• Teenagers
• Women

• image

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• Edwin Cook Papers

• UC Regents

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2021-11-17