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[Melanesia. Village, children (unidentified)]

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  • Description

    View inside a village in Melanesia. Two young boys are posed on a ridge looking at the camera. Three male villagers stand on the right of the image in front of a woven building. The men and boys all have septum piercings (middle of the nose) with large carved rings. They are adornded with bicep, wrist and ankle bracelets and numerous earring in their ear lobes, also carved. The young boys are naked other than their adornments and a decorative belt.

    The men are wearing loin cloth style skirts.

  • Other Id

    71992 (Presto content ID)

    PH-NEG-6787 (Reference Number)

    58 (Photographer's number)

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