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The Mafulu mountain people of British New Guinea

Title
The Mafulu mountain people of British New Guinea [by] Robert W. Williamson with an introduction by A. C. Haddon ...
Author
Williamson, Robert Wood, 1856-1932.
Publication
London, Macmillan and co., limited, 1912.

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Additional Authors
  • Ray, Sidney Herbert, 1858-1939.
  • Egedi, Father.
Description
xxiii, 364 pages. frontispiece, illustrations, plates, folded map.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Mekeo language > Texts
  • Mafulus
  • Fuyuge language
  • Ethnology > Papua New Guinea
  • Ethnology
  • Fuyuge language
  • Mafulus
  • Mekeo language
  • Anthropology > Papua New Guinea
  • Iwi taketake
  • Papua New Guinea
Genre/Form
Texts
Note
  • Appendix I: A grammar of the Fuyuge language, tr. and ed. by Sidney H. Ray, M. A., from the manscript of the Rev. Father Egedi, s. c.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Introduction / by Dr. A. C. Haddon -- Introductory -- Physique and character -- Dress and ornament -- Daily life and matters connected with it -- Community, clan, and village systems and chieftainship -- Villages, emone, houses and modes of inter-village communication -- Government, property and inheritance -- The big feast -- Some other ceremonies and feasts -- Matrimonial and sexual -- Killing, cannibalism and warfare -- Hunting, fishing and agriculture -- Bark cloth making, netting and art -- Music and singing, dancing, and toys and games -- Counting, currency and trade -- Language -- Illness, death and burial -- Religion and superstitious beliefs and practices -- Note on the Kuni people -- Conclusion -- Appendix I: A grammar of the Fuyuge language / translated and edited by Sidney H. Ray, M.A., from the manscript of the Rev. Father Egedi, S.C. -- Appendix II: Note on the Afoa language / by Dr. W. M. Strong -- Appendix III: Note on the Kovio language / by Dr. W. M. Strong -- Appendix IV: A comparative vocabulary of the Fuyuge, Afoa, and Kovio languages / prepared by Sidney H. Ray, M.A. -- Appendix V: Notes on the Papuan languages spoken about the head waters of the St. Joseph River, Central Papua / by Sidney H. Ray, M.A.
LCCN
12015859
OCLC
  • ocm02933543
  • 2933543
  • SCSB-435808
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library