Image: Collingwood Bay, Papua New Guinea

Collingwood Bay, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea.

Photographer:

Percy J Money

Rights:

© Australian Museum Archives

Additional information

For the people of Collingwood Bay in Oro Province, north-east Papua New Guinea, death was associated with elaborate mourning rituals and the wearing of specific mourning attire.

Last Updated: 23 October 2009

Tags Death Online, mourning the dead, Collingwood, Collingwood Bay, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea,