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PALM SPATHE CONSTRUCTION IN THE KWATGU CEREMONIAL HAUS OF THE WAIGAKUM VILLAGE MEN, LOCATED ON THE MAPRIK HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS, HAYFIELD, 1979.


DRAWING ILLUSTRATING THREE VARIATIONS ON HORNBILL MARKINGS, CEREMONIAL HOUSES IN KALABU VILLAGE, 1977.


PALM SPATHE CONSTRUCTION IN A DERELICT CEREMONIAL HAUS IN WINGEI VILLAGE, MAPRIK, 1978.


INTRICATELY WOVEN YAM MASK, ABELAM. THEY REPRESENT ONE PORTION OF A HIGHLY EVOLVED EXCHANGE SYSTEM AMONG THE ABELAM.



STONE-ADZED FIGURE CALLED BANI, FROM NDUNYINGGI HAMLET, KALABU VILLAGE, MAPRIK. CARVED IN THE STYLE OF 1860. RUFF DRAWING FOLLOWING A 1980 FIELD SURVEY.


PALM SPATHE CONSTRUCTION, KWATGU CEREMONIAL HOUSE, MAPRIK HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS, HAYFIELD. NEWLY PAINTED DESIGNS WERE APPLIED IN 1979 AT THE TIME THE CEREMONIAL HAUS WAS REFURBISHED.



WICKER TUMBUNA HELMET MASK OF THE ABELAM. EMBELLISHED WITH FRUIT AND FOLIAGE AND WORN CEREMONIALLY DURING INITIATION CEREMONIES. PRIVATE COLLECTION, USA. PURCHASED IN 1967.


MOTIFS ON A TIKIT (LINTEL) OF A KALABU VILLAGE CEREMONIAL HAUS, 1978.