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Dema. Description and analysis of Marind-anim culture (South New Guinea) by J. van Baal. With the collaboration of father J. Verschueren msc.

Title
Dema. Description and analysis of Marind-anim culture (South New Guinea) by J. van Baal. With the collaboration of father J. Verschueren msc.
Author
Baal, Jan van
Publication
The Hague, Martinus Nijhoff, 1966.

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Additional Authors
Verschueren, J. (Jan), 1905-1970
Description
xxviii, 988 p., 25 p. of photos. with 10 inserts in pockets.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde. Translation series, 9
Uniform Title
Translation series (Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (Netherlands)) ; 9.
Subject
Marind (Indonesian people)
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [961]-972.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
  • Part 1: Social framework. Social organization -- Life cycle.
  • Part 2: Myth. Religious concepts and outlines of worldview -- Mythology of the Geb-ze-Phratry -- Mythology of the Phratry of Aramemb -- Mythology of the Mahu-ze- Phratry -- Mythology of the Bragai-ze Phratry -- Principles of classification in myth reviewed.
  • Part 3: Ritual. Great cults: the cults of the Mayo people -- Rapa, the upper Bian cult and the Imo -- Headhunting -- Other rites and ceremonies -- Private rites -- Bright glory and the dark secret.
LCCN
^^^67085093^//r933
OCLC
  • 955556
  • SCSB-13388963
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library