"Sacrificial bowl which used to contain offerings of human flesh (human heads)" From Batrata village, Ranua Laua, Banks Island.

"Artifacts housed in the Melanesian Mission Museum, Mission Bay, Auckland. Photographs were taken for Dr. Maranda, USA, who is studying artifacts from the Solomon Islands."

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schollum, C. A.
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: Department of Anthropology, University of Auckland 1967
Subjects:
Basket making > Vanuatu > Banks Islands > Vanua Lava
Vanuatuans > Rites and ceremonies
Ranua
Banks Island
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Description
Summary:"Artifacts housed in the Melanesian Mission Museum, Mission Bay, Auckland. Photographs were taken for Dr. Maranda, USA, who is studying artifacts from the Solomon Islands."

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