FEATURE 104 FIG. 17 (above): Portrait of a Bekapeki (Mukabukey) warrior named Gubari. The holes from his initiatory piercings are visible on the tip of his nose. Taken shortly after initial contact with a group of Bekapeki men by patrol offi cer James O. Hunter in the Upper April River area in January 1963. Photo courtesy of James O. Hunter. FIG. 18 (below): Inaro village seen from the Salumei River. May 6, 1971. Courtesy Ray Langford. FIG. 19 (right): Garra. Bahinemo, probably Namu village, near the Salumei River, Hunstein Range, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. Collected by Wayne Heathcote; ex Philip Goldman, c. 1969–1970. Wood, pigment. H: 65 cm. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, inv. 2011.953. “double face” sharing a single set of eyes relates to garra from the east, i.e., the Namu village area, is interesting and further study can be done to assess the associations of the “double face” as it is encountered on shields in the April River and Setifa River areas to the west. 9. Heathcote, personal communication with Jonathan Fogel, 12 September 2016. 10. Newton, 1971, p. 18. 11. Craig, 2010, p. 152–53. 12. This object is now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, inv. 2014.752. 13. Craig, 2010, pp. 152–53. 14. Newton, 1971, p. 20. 15. Craig, fi eld diaries, Monday, 25 December 1972, p. 164. 16. Newton (1971: 18; fi gs. 12, 14) notes that certain motifs carved on the fi nials of slit drums were said to represent the sun. 17. Langford, personal communication, 23 February 2016, and Attenborough, diary note, Thursday, 6 May 1971. Langford was fi eld assistant during the April River patrol of May–June 1971 with Attenborough and Bragge. 18. This weevil is Rhynchophorus ferrugineus. Craig was told at Bekapeki that both kinds of cult hooks (alakei and komkii) represent fi sh-like spirits that live in deep pools in the Niksep (April) River, and a special feast of sago grubs was prepared for the ceremonial washing of initiates before they were shown the cult hooks. It may be that Langford’s information was a misunderstanding of a similar feast in connection with this ceremony in the Bahinemo area. 19. Boylan, personal communication, 13 July 2016. 20. Attenborough, fi eld diary, 6 May 1971, and Newton, 1971, p. 21. 21. Newton, 1971, pp. 20–23. Newton’s observations are based on an initiation he witnessed at Wagu village in July 1967. 22. Craig, fi eld diaries, Monday, 25 December 1972, p. 164. 23. Craig, fi eld diaries, Monday, 25 December 1972, p. 164, and Attenborough, fi eld diary, 6 May 1971. Attenborough noted: “Their function is to be shown to young boys at initiation which here is two punches of the nostrils in the front of the nose. However, they said that they were not having many initiations these days.” 24. Craig, fi eld diaries, Monday, 25 December 1972, p. 164. 25. Newton, 1971, p. 18, gives an alternate spelling of Wimogu. For a fuller mythological account, see Schuster and Schuster, 1973, pp. 636–637. 26. Schuster and Schuster, 1973, p. 637. 27. Langford, personal communication, 23 February 2016. 28. Kelm, 1969, catalog entry #53. The original image was published with the object upside down. This is not an uncommon occurrence within literature on garra. 29. Hunter, 2015, p. 61. 30. Craig, fi eld diaries, Monday, 25 December 1972, p. 164. BIBLIOGRAPHY Attenborough, David, 1981. Tribal Encounters, Leicestershire Museums Publication no. 29, Leicestershire Museums, Art Galleries and Records Service. Beran, Harry, and the Oceanic Art Society of Australia, 1998. Oceanic and Indonesian Art: Collectors’ Choice,
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