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**The image(s) of the document may be omitted here because of copyright considerations** A page from the August 7, 1943 issue of the journal Nature contains a letter from Reo Fortune written May 25, reporting an unusual finding among the Arapesh people of Papua New Guinea. He reports that Arapesh women have an unusually long period during which menstruation is suspended while breast-feeding -- as long as 24 months after childbirth, compared to an average 6 months for Caucasian women. He notes that this is self-reported by native informants, who hold a special ceremony when menstruation resumes, but not confirmed by direct observation. He speculates that the inbred nature of the isolated tribe may be a contributing factor. The journal page is accompanied by another sheet on which the title, 'Arapesh Maternity,' is written in pen.

Field of Interest

Anthropology

Content Type

Periodical article

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Anthropologist / Ethnographer

Reo Fortune, 1903-1979

Warning: Contains explicit content

No

Format

Text

Page Count

2

Publication Year

1943

Source Title

Nature, August 7, 1943, Vol. 152, p. 164

Subject

Anthropology, Social Sciences, Cultural anthropology, Breastfeeding, Menstruation, Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural, Papúa Nueva Guinea, Papua Nova Guiné, Papua New Guinea, Arapesh

Keywords and Translated Subjects

Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural, Papúa Nueva Guinea, Papua Nova Guiné