Wintua scrapbook of weddings 2 of 2

Re-photographed image from a villager's scrapbook taken in 1981 showing the Western and Traditional custom wedding dress (Original photograph date unknown). The photographer seems to be referencing the diamond shape similar to that found in the bamboo weavings for the house walls; a popular shape for Mewun.

• Mewun Scrapbooks
• Wealth Indicators

• Melanesia
• Oceania
• Pacific Islands
• South West Bay (Malakula, Vanuatu)
• Wintua (Malekula, Vanuatu)

• Scrapbooks
• Weddings

• image

• No linguistic content; Not applicable

• Unknown

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2021-11-16