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ON THE THRESHOLD OF MANHOOD |
RITUAL OF ARUNTA ANT POLE |
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| Ceremonial masks attain the acme of the grotesque in New Guinea. This astonishing confection is worn by boys in the Gulf Division when being initiated into manhood | Adorned in white down, two men are acting the part of women searching at the roots of a wattle-tree for ants and ants' eggs to eat, thus to magick their food supply |