Papuan Pictures

A series of observational sketches, reinforced by sixty-three photographs, that portray daily life, material culture, and social customs in Delena and nearby Papuan villages. Chapters move from children's games and schooling to house-building and thatching, domestic routines, food preparation, fishing, craftwork, and seasonal pastimes, and include accounts of feasts, dances, church gatherings, sorcery, medicine, peace-making, and travel between settlements. The writing emphasizes practical details of architecture, tools, and household tasks while recording communal ceremonies and interpersonal relationships, offering a chapter-by-chapter survey of village rhythms and the skills that sustain local social and domestic life.