On the beach, getting ready to cast the ashes of the deceased into the sea. The tower, bukur, in which the ashes are carried is yellow and white, unlike the tower used at the cremation. Appears in Hitchcock and Norris as Fig 117.
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Black and white negative of view into a Wai Wai hut with woven objects inside
object | ARC/GUP/004/061
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Hart Museum Visitor Books
object | ARC/HAR/001/368
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Bird cages for sale in market
object | ARC/BAL/004/017
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Carte de visite featuring a photograph of Laura Horniman
object | ARC/HMG/HOR/015/091
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