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Kapauku / Leopold J. Pospisil.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pospisil, Leopold J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnology--Indonesia.
- Ethnology.
- Kapauku (New Guinean people).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven, Conn : Human Relations Area Files, 1998.
- Summary:
- The Kapauku live in the Central Highlands of western New Guinea, now Irian Jaya, Indonesia. This file includes eight works, all by the ethnographer Leopold Pospisil that cover the time period from 1954-1979. Topics include Kapauku economy, sociopolitical organization, religious and ceremonial life, political structure, warfare, kinship organization, and law, including internal and external changes in the Kapauku legal and political system as a result of colonization.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
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