Woman wearing full mourning costume, Melanesia, 1920. Artist: Gunnar Landtman
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Woman wearing full mourning costume, Melanesia, 1920. Artist: Gunnar Landtman
Woman wearing full mourning costume, Melanesia, 1920. After the death of a man his wife is secluded in an enclosure of mats, she smears her body in mud, wails continuously and only goes out at night. When she finally leaves the enclosure she wears a costume of grass. A print from Customs of the World, Hutchinson and Company, 1920
Media ID 14925817
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Ethnography Grass Melanesia Melanesian Mourning Mourning Dress Pacific Islands Print Collector12 Tradition Widow
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