File:A marriageable girl.jpg

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English: A marriageable girl.
Tattooing of a Koita (New Guinea) girl who has reached a marriageable age. The decoration is begun when she is about five years old, and is added to year by year as she gets older. The V-shaped marks on the chest, with certain others, are done last, and are an indication that the girl is marriageable.
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Source From " The Melanesians of British New Guinea."
Author George Brown
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(Reusing this file)		 PD-1923

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