TY - CHAP TI - Dressing the Body in Bariai AU - McPherson, Naomi M. A2 - Maynard, Margaret T2 - Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion : Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands VL - 7 ET - 1 SP - 465 EP - 470 PY - 2010/// PB - Bloomsbury Academic CY - Oxford SN - 978-1-8478-8856-3 UR - https://www.bloomsburyfashioncentral.com/encyclopedia-chapter?docid=b-9781847888563&tocid=b-9781847888563-EDch7073 DB - Bloomsbury Fashion Video Archive~Bloomsbury Fashion Video Archive 2020 collection~Bloomsbury Fashion Video Archive 2021 collection~Bloomsbury Fashion Business Cases~Fashion Photography Archive~Fairchild Books Library~Berg Fashion Library~Bloomsbury Fashion Video Archive 2022 Update~Bloomsbury Fashion Business Cases 2022 Update~Berg Fashion Library 2022 Update~Berg Fashion Library 2023 Update~Bloomsbury Fashion Business Cases 2023 Update~Bloomsbury Fashion Video Archive 2023 Update~Bloomsbury Dress and Costume Library~ LA - en Y2 - 2024/3/28/ KW - Bariai KW - firstborn ceremonies KW - ceremonial wear KW - mortuary wear KW - color symbolism KW - aesthetics KW - Malo [Bariai]: term for wraparound loincloth made of barkcloth; also used as waistband for holding leaves for decorative skirts; Tok Pisin [TP] term is laplap, a kind of cotton sarong KW - Meri-blouse [Toc Pisin]: a mother hubbard–type knee-length overblouse KW - Ŋagarekŋa [B]: a neck ruff made of cordyline and croton plants and flowers KW - Odoa: [B] women’s fiber skirts KW - Poipoi sara: [B] armlets acquired through trade and worn as personal adornment KW - Vula misi: [B] the most-valued shell wealth used for a variety of purposes, such as personal adornment, rather like wearing gold necklaces ER -