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Allison Jablonko: Maring of Papua New Guinea
Jablonko Maring 1963 002
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Life in Gunts yard. Three men of the Kono clan visiting from Fogaikump stand in the door of the Haus Kuk. One wears a narrow shell crescent in his pierced septum. One wears a smooth wooden stick. One carries his axe with a handmade wooden handle. Note someone's bushknife stuck temporarily in the woven bamboo wall.. (1963 March 10) / Papua New Guinea, Simbai Valley, Fungai clan territory, Gunts
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Life in Gunts yard. Luluai Pfun and the young man, Kloi, (visiting from Fogaikump) stand inside the Vaydas' verandah. Pfun wears his habitual hornbill beak necklace and has put on a cap (mamb' kun in Tok Ples). Kloi's face is decorated with red singsing powder and black (probably a mixture from ashes). He wears a wig made of black human hair with a strip of white (possibly possum fur). From his necklace of beads hangs a traditional chain woven from wild orchid fiber (yellow) and another fiber. Bilas. (Technical problem of blue spot at side of Kloi's face) (1963 March 10) / Papua New Guinea, Simbai Valley, Fungai clan territory, Gunts