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A Vakutan mortuary cycle
Death rituals and life in the societies of the Kula Ring • Dekalb • Published In 1989 • Pages: 46-72, 275-280
By: Campbell, Shirley F..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an analysis of the Vakutan mortuary cycle. These data on Vakuta Island are compared to similar mortuary customs and practices on Kiriwina Island as observed by Annette Weiner during her work on the island in 1971-1972 (see 25: Weiner, this file), and with that reported by Montague on Kaileuna Island in 1971 (see source 34: Montague). Although there are many similarities in the compared data, there were some distinct differences ranging from technical divergences and terminological variations to differences in the focus of specific stages of the mortuary cycle.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural participation
- Special garments
- Gift giving
- Gender status
- Lineages
- Clans
- Burial practices and funerals
- Mourning
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Trobriands
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1995
- 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
- essay
- 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
- John Beierle
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- Oct. 1976-Jan. 1978
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1976-1978
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Vakuta Island, Papua New Guinea
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Shirley Campbell
- Bibliography: p. 275-280
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 89008611
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Trobriand Islanders