Girls decorated for a ceremonial, red and white face paint, pearlshell and trade beads

West Kewa fieldwork, January-May 1972. Children with faces painted for participation in a ceremony.

• 1972

• LeRoy, John D., 1944-

35 mm color slide

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

• Body marking
• Children
• Jewelry
• Kewa (Papua New Guinean people)
• Pig ceremony
• Rites and ceremonies

• image

• No linguistic content; Not applicable

Shared Shelf: 13316191

• LeRoy, John D., 1944-

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