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THE MAISIN ARCHIVES

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1986 Photographs

John Barker’s two-month visit to Maisin villages in 1986 was focused primarily on the study of tapa-making and women’s facial tattooing. The photographs depict the stages of making tapa as well as clan kawo/evovi and a wide variety of tapa designs.

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  • Set Six
Maisin research 1986
Nigel and Priscilla in R-Inu Kawo-evovi

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