Mortuary ceremony: women gathered for exchange of banana leaf bundles and long fiber skirts

This sagali took place on the central plaza "bukubaku" of Tukwaukwa village.

• 1975-1976

• Hutchins, Dona
• Hutchins, Edwin

Private collection of E. Hutchins, Sleeve 18, Slide 4

35mm color slide

Development stamp on slide: Jan76H6.

• Melanesia
• Milne Bay Province (Papua New Guinea)
• Oceania
• Pacific Islands
• Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea)

• Ceremonial exchange
• Mourning customs
• Trobriand Islanders
• Villages
• Women

• image

• No linguistic content; Not applicable

• Hutchins, Dona
• Hutchins, Edwin

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2021-11-17