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Native culture of Wogeo: report of field work in New Guinea

Oceania5 (3)Published In 1935 • Pages: 308-337 , plates

By: Hogbin, Herbert Ian.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is the earliest of a series of reports on the Wogeo by the author, who did extensive fieldwork in the Solomons and New Guinea. This article is a brief introduction to the native culture as a whole. It contains information on physical characteristics of the people, social organization, kinship system, economic activities, sex and marriage, adultery and theft, religious and magical practices, and initiation rites.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Soil
Mode of marriage
Moieties
Localized kin groups
Sorcery
Sacred objects and places
Magic
Extramarital sex relations
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Wogeo
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2014
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
Robert Lee ; 1959
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1934
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1934
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Vokeo Island, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
NotesAdditional notes
By H. Ian Hogbin
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
38017490
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Vokeo Island (Papua New Guinea)