Oceania : the native cultures of Australia and the Pacific Islands / Douglas L. Oliver ; illustrations by Lois Johnson
- Bib ID:
- 2055431
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Oliver, Douglas L
- Description:
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- Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, c1989
- 2 v. (xii, 1275 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0824810198 (alkaline paper) (set)
- Summary:
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Social life and customs; Part one, hunting and food gathering; social relations; habitation; dwellings; boats; canoes; warfare; killing; weapons; exchange; barter; trade routes; trade ceremonies; corroborees; relationships reproduction; life cycle; Part two, Murngin of northeast Arnhem Land, myths; kinship system; households; communities; patriclans, matriclans; Yirrkalla [sic] clan designs; kin classification.
- Notes:
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- Includes indexes.
- Bibliography: v. 2, p. 1201-1260.
- Subject:
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- Ethnology -- Oceania
- Housing - Shelters
- Trade and exchange - Trade routes
- Feuds and warfare
- Reproduction
- Social organisation - Kinship - Systems - Patrilineal systems
- Transport - Water - Canoes
- Stories and motifs
- Gathering
- Social organisation - Kinship - Marriage
- Hunting
- Gender relations - Division of labour
- Technology
- Dance - Ceremonial
- Weapons
- Oceania -- Social life and customs
- Pacific Islands
- Yirrkala (East Arnhem Land SD53-04)
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1989
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