Pig festival, wig ritual: men wearing red wigs and feather valuables, folded mat held between split stick (l) used to carry feather valuables

• October 1962

• Rappaport, Roy A.

This digital image is a surrogate of an item from the Roy Rappaport Papers (Archive negative 2, Roll 36, Envelope 2-7, Frame 5)

Described in field notes for October-November 1962.

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

• Musical instruments
• Narak (Papua New Guinean people)
• Rites and ceremonies
• Wigs

• image

Event ID: Rappaport roll number: RRA18

Online finding aid

• Roy Rappaport Papers

• UC Regents

[Title, Date]. Roy Rappaport Papers. MSS 516. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. [Digital Object URL]

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2021-11-16