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How they pay their debts
Asia • 40 • Published In 1940 • Pages: 482-486
By: Du Bois, Cora Alice.
Abstract
This article is concerned with financial and exchange transactions among the Alor. The author describes the major activities for which wealth is expended including funerals, marriages and the building of lineage houses. Most of this material appears also in her book 'The People of Alor' where the descriptions are somewhat more detailed.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2003
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Betty Potash ; 1961
- Field Date
- 1938-1939
- Coverage Date
- 1938-1939
- Coverage Place
- Atimelang village, Alor Island, Nusa Tenggara Timur Province, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia
- Notes
- By Cora Du Bois
- LCSH
- Alor (Indonesia)