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Historical vines : Enga networks of exchange, ritual, and warfare in Papua New Guinea
- Title
- Historical vines : Enga networks of exchange, ritual, and warfare in Papua New Guinea / Polly Wiessner and Akii Tumu ; with translations and assistance by Nitze Pupu ; illustrations by Akii Tumu.
- Author
- Wiessner, Polly, 1947-
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, c1998.
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- xvii, 494 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Smithsonian series in ethnographic inquiry
- Subjects
- Enga (Papua New Guinean people) > Rites and ceremonies
- Ethnohistory > Papua New Guinea > Western Highlands Province
- Enga (Papua New Guinean people) > History
- Enga (Papua New Guinean people) > Warfare
- Ceremonial exchange > Papua New Guinea > Western Highlands Province
- Oral tradition > Papua New Guinea > Western Highlands Province
- Western Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea) > Social life and customs
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 467-479) and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 99-13200
- ISBN
- 1560987928 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 1560987677 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 97033620
- OCLC
- 37331732
- Author
- Wiessner, Polly, 1947-
- Title
- Historical vines : Enga networks of exchange, ritual, and warfare in Papua New Guinea / Polly Wiessner and Akii Tumu ; with translations and assistance by Nitze Pupu ; illustrations by Akii Tumu.
- Imprint
- Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, c1998.
- Series
- Smithsonian series in ethnographic inquiry
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 467-479) and index.
- Added Author
- Tumu, Akii.Pupu, Nitze.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 99-13200