Photographer: David R. Eastburn, 1949-2021-03-292021-03-29Dec 1980http://hdl.handle.net/1885/228646This photograph was taken at Koroba Provincial High School, via Koroba, Southern Highlands (now Hela) Province, Papua New Guinea. Photographer's note: A bamboo nose plug is lubricated with saliva before it is inserted into the nasal septum using a twisting action. Bamboo nose plugs are popular with both men and women of the Papuan lowland forests.photographen-AUThis item is provided for research purposes. Contact the Australian National University Archives at butlin.archives@anu.edu.au for permission to use.Papua New GuineaFebi man preparing to insert nasal plug2021-03-29