A masked dancer of a Duk-Duk secret society. The Duk-Duk was embedded in the beliefs of the Tolai peoples in the Rabaul area of New Britain, the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea. Only men were allowed to join. From a 19th century photograph. From Customs of The World, published c.1913.
A masked dancer of a Duk-Duk secret society. The Duk-Duk was embedded in the beliefs of the Tolai peoples in the Rabaul area of New Britain, the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea. Only men were allowed to join. From a 19th century illustration. From Customs of The World, published c.1913.