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Houses in Lesuarticle 2007 • Aijmer, Göran
Lesu • Oceania > Melanesia
This article examines features of habitation and domestic symbolism in Lesu houses as originally observed by Hortense Powdermaker in 1929-1930. It reconstructs important aspects of early social life in Lesu society with a focus on houses as mundane i...