Old Kwai'ime and his young son, by his second marriage after he was released from prison, lead the Gounaile dancers in a sacred skull-house rite.

Image and caption published in Lightning Meets the West Wind: Oxford University Press, 1980. Kwai'ime in front with his son, Riginai'a. Bald panpiper on right-hand side is Alefo. Kwai'ime and Riginai'a are not the lead dancers, they are just in front during this part of the dance. Later in his life, Riginai'a did become a lead dancer in the sango ritual.

• January 23, 1964

• Keesing, Roger M., 1935-1993

This digital image is a surrogate of an item from the Roger M. Keesing Papers (MSS 427) - Roll 55, Item 25.

• Malaita (Solomon Islands)
• Melanesia
• Oceania
• Pacific Islands
• Solomon Islands

• Boys
• Children
• Dance
• Kwaio (Solomon Islands people)
• Men
• Mortuary feasts
• Music
• Musical instruments

• image

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