Girls spinning and looming cotton at the textile centre in Owo
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Black and white negative of old barge boat moored next to tree-covered coast from perspective of another boat on the water
Wai wai expedition Mopueia makaka with arrows
Black and white negative of a figure entering a hut - positive of slide 15
Close-up of the villagers in the previous shots; note the amuletic bracelets anklets and necklet worn by the children.
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