Bosavi people in Papua New Guinea (image)

University of Chicago Press Journals

Caption

Violence has been historically well documented for the small-scale Bosavi people in Papua New Guinea. But the more impressive ethnographic feature of their history is elaborate ceremonial performances featuring bird-waterfall costumes, instrumental performances, and poetic songs detailing rainforest cartography.

Credit

(c) 2017 Steven Feld for Bosavi Peoples Fund

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(c) 2017 Steven Feld for Bosavi Peoples Fund

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