File:A marriageable girl.jpg

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Summary

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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current08:16, 6 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 08:16, 6 January 2017661 × 926 (82 KB)127.0.0.1 (talk)A marriageable girl.<br>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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