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Manuscripts

Solomon Island natives

Description: An indigenous woman sits on straw mat holding a small child with its head in her lap. She cuts his hair with a coconut shell. Other women stand in background.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1917
Call number: mssJL JLP 302
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