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Five new religious cults in British New Guinea
Hibbert journal • 15 • Published In 1917 • Pages: 448-463
By: Chinnery, E.W.P., Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is, in effect, two separate articles by two ethnologists. It deals with five nativistic movements in New Guinea which involved the Orokaiva. Chinnery describes two of the movements, 'Kava-Keva' and 'Kekesi.' Haddon describes the other three: 'The Baigona Cult,' 'The Prophet of Milne Bay,' and 'The German Wislin of Saibai.' The source contains little information on Orokaiva culture in general, but is concerned almost exclusively with the origin of the cults, the accompanying beliefs and practices, and their function in the life of the people.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Personality disorders
- Sociocultural trends
- Political movements
- Avoidance and taboo
- Revelation and divination
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Orokaiva
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2004
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Melanesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- James R. Leary ; 1961
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1915
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1915
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Northern District (Division), Papua New Guinea
- NotesAdditional notes
- E.W.P. Chinnery and A. C. Haddon
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17021183
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Orokaiva (Papua New Guinea people)