KWE3033709: Initiation on Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia as shown in a 19th century photograph. Four or five youths were chosen and taken into a hut to do various forms of labour, learn the tribal rules and had to always wear the curious hats shown in the picture. When their hair filled the hat the period of seclusion was over. From Customs of The World, published c.1913., Unknown photographer, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
KWE3033707: A chief of the Roro tribe from Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, decorated for a ceremonial dance. The ornament hanging over the middle of his chest is the badge of his office: its essential feature being the double row of boars' tusks ground down into thin plates. From Customs of The World, published c.1913., Unknown photographer, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images