Grief for the dead shown by hempen halters, New Guinea, 1922. Artist: Thomas McMahon

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Grief for the dead shown by hempen halters, New Guinea, 1922. Illustration from Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume II, British Empire to Dahomey, edited by J A Hammerton, (Educational Book Co, London, 1922).

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