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Sorcery and administration
Oceania • 6 (1) • Published In 1935 • Pages: 1-32 , plates
By: Hogbin, Herbert Ian.
Abstract
This article covers the various types of sorcery practiced by the Wogeo and in the Solomon Islands. Also discussed are European-made laws regarding such sorcery, the views of missionized natives, and the futility of trying to change the native attitudes with administrative measures.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2014
- Region
- Oceania
- Sub Region
- Melanesia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Social Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- James R. Leary ; 1959
- Field Date
- 1933, 1934
- Coverage Date
- 1933-1934
- Coverage Place
- Vokeo Island, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea; Solomon Islands
- Notes
- By H. Ian Hogbin
- LCCN
- 38017490
- LCSH
- Vokeo Island (Papua New Guinea)