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... shell , their limbs concealed under the heroic folds of ceremonial dress , their faces static masks for lively eyes , their heads bedecked with fur and brave feathers . For these are not figures in a carnival , in a Mardi Gras promoted ...
... shell , their limbs concealed under the heroic folds of ceremonial dress , their faces static masks for lively eyes , their heads bedecked with fur and brave feathers . For these are not figures in a carnival , in a Mardi Gras promoted ...
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... Such myths and hopes are also reflected by the gorgeously. Bena - Bena man from the Eastern Highlands with dance - frame and headdress of opossum fur , shell , and feathers " Fresco " of bark - cloth paintings in an ...
... Such myths and hopes are also reflected by the gorgeously. Bena - Bena man from the Eastern Highlands with dance - frame and headdress of opossum fur , shell , and feathers " Fresco " of bark - cloth paintings in an ...
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... shell ornaments , 35 , 41 shield decoration , 39 skirts , 35 snake , 10 , 10 social relationships , 22 sweet potato , 17 symbols , 22 taro , 17 Tasman , Abel Janszoon , 58 Tolai people , 55 Torres , Luis Vaez de , 58 traveler's palm 9 ...
... shell ornaments , 35 , 41 shield decoration , 39 skirts , 35 snake , 10 , 10 social relationships , 22 sweet potato , 17 symbols , 22 taro , 17 Tasman , Abel Janszoon , 58 Tolai people , 55 Torres , Luis Vaez de , 58 traveler's palm 9 ...
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Angoram animals Anthropology Asaro Valley Australian National University Bark-cloth painting bird of paradise bolong carved cathedral celebrated ceremonial dress characteristic Chimbu area coastal colors coral atolls crocodile's head cult D'ENTRECASTEAUX dance-frame dancing ground Dani-speaking decorated dug-out canoe Dutch Eastern Enga enshrined exist expression feathers festivals Gardens GEORGE HOLTON German New Guinea goals Gulf of Papua harvested yams HUMAN AVIARY impersonal intricate Kenneth E kinship Lake Kopiago lives low-lying valley male initiation man's Maprik marine creatures Markham marriage Matthiesen Melanesian languages Melanesian-speakers men's cult-house Minj Mount Hagen myths Painted bark-cloth hangings paperback Papuan languages photographs Pidgin English plumes Polynesia powers that transcend reflected Relatives gathered sampela School of Pacific Scribner Sepik River skilled species stret suprahuman tasol Territory of Papua thatch timeless transcend his limited transferred to Australia Trobriand Islands ultimate vaulting vernacular differences village vulnerable Wabag Wahgi wealth Western Highlands women yam storehouse York