Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 January 1974Vol. 45, No. 1

Pacific Islands Monthly

pp. 1-3 · Read in the full issue

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News Magazine Of The South Pacific

January, 1974

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Our Cover

It’s not a nightmare but a femes nevinbur figure used in special ceremonies on the New Hebrides Island of Malekula.

The head is a coconut shell and the rest is of fibre and clay. Pig ment is made from ash, charcoal and clay. These figures were destroyed after the ceremony but, as they are fetching good prices from collectors, they are now preserved. The picture is by Dr Radomir Joura, of Parramatta,

Nsw.

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