Row of girls sitting in front of a carved house wall

B&W photographic print. 'The girls waiting to take part in a ceremony, possibly the Thekrangi genna, which is marked by dancing and singing on the part of young, unmarried boys and girls and takes place over three days. They are holding banana leaf cups for rice beer and sit in a row in front of...

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Date(s) of creation: 1924
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004723
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

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