The Kukukuku of the Upper Watut

Blackwood, Beatrice [Hallpike, C.R. ; editor:]

Verlag: Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, 1978

Beschreibung

xiv, 204 pp., 25x18cm, Series: Monograph Series - Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, No. 2. Full title reads: "The Kukukuku of the upper Watut / by Beatrice Blackwood;edited from her published articles and unpublished field-notes, and with an introduction by C. R. Hallpike" Contents: Introduction by C.R.Hallpike: The general characteristics of the Kukukuku; The inpact of the Kukukuku on their neighbours and on the Administration; The origin of the name " Kukukuku"; The circumstances of Miss Blackwood's field-work; Ecology: The Upper Watut and its inhabitants; Settlement pattern and house styles; Travel and transport; Horticulture; The forest and its resources; The domestication of animals; Hunting and fishing; Modes of cooking; A note on diet; Material culture: Lack of artistic development; Dress and personal adornment; The manufacture of string and netting; Fire making; The use of bamboo; Tobacco and tobacco pipes; Betel chewing and the preparation of lime; Tools; Weapons; Social organisation: Descent groups; Leadership; Settlement stability and membership; Marriage, childbirth, and naming; Warfare and fighting; Initiation and mortuary rites: The nose-piercing ceremony; The marita ceremony; Mortuary customs; Cosmology: Spiritual beings; Magic and healing; Culture heroes and their myths; Appendices: How Pinga built a new house; Description of micro-sections of rock used in making stone adze-blades, by Dr. J.V Harrison; The use of plants. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 015739

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Kukukuku of the Upper Watut

Verlag: Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford

Erscheinungsdatum: 1978

Einband: orig. wrappers

Illustrator: Textual photo illustrations.

Zustand: Minor rubbing. VG.