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Huge baskets filled with bundles of banana leaves surround each woman as she arranges them for the mortuary distribution.
Annette B. Weiner The Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea
Pregnancy cloak. c. 1915-1918
Bronislaw Malinowski Trobriand Islands fieldwork photographs LSE Library Malinowski Collection British Library of Political and Economic Science.
Pregnancy cloak. c. 1915-1918
Bronislaw Malinowski Trobriand Islands fieldwork photographs LSE Library Malinowski Collection British Library of Political and Economic Science.
While everyone watches, Kasenai counts the bundles of banana leaves that she is arranging for the women's mortuary distribution the following day.
Annette B. Weiner The Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea
At sunrise before the start of a cricket match, Kwaibwaga men carefully paint their bodies and help each other apply special designs.
Annette B. Weiner The Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea
With feathered headdresses and beautiful skirts, villagers dance to the traditional drums that mark the end of the harvest period.
Annette B. Weiner The Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea
Pregnancy magic; [ritual bathing, 26 May 1918].
Bronislaw Malinowski Trobriand Islands fieldwork photographs LSE Malinowski Collection
Two men on their way to Omarakana village with an exceptionally long kuvi yam take a short cut through Kwaibwaga village.
Annette B. Weiner The Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea
For the main meal of the day, women peel and then boil yams in trade store pots set over burning fires.
Annette B. Weiner The Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea
Kilagowola chants magic spells into special leaves so that bush pigs will not break through the garden fences and spoil the growing yams.
Annette B. Weiner The Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea
Sylvester inspects a huge pile of yams already painted with black and white circles that indicate the yams belong to Chief Waibadi's first wife.
Annette B. Weiner The Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea
Naugwayawa tries on the new skirts given by her husband's sister so they can be cut to the proper length for a married woman.
Annette B. Weiner The Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea
No dancer would perform without first rubbing his body with sweet-smelling coconut oil prepared with magical chants to make his body glisten in a seductive way.
Annette B. Weiner The Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea
Masawa gives his sisters yams each year and they in turn bring his wife bundles and skirts just before the official women's wealth distribution begins.
Annette B. Weiner The Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea
A young girl shows off the decorations given by her father.
Annette B. Weiner The Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea
Men spend much time caring for their young children even while they are busy with their own work.
Annette B. Weiner The Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea
About to leave the house for the first after giving birth, Borobesa wears a long cape and covers her head.
Annette B. Weiner The Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea
