book chapter
Social organization in northern New Ireland
social context of art in northern New Ireland • 58 • Published In 1969 • Pages: 25-44, 177-182
By: Lewis, Phillip H. (Phillip Harold).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper describes the malanggan rituals of New Ireland, New Guinea. Malanggans are the elaborate carvings connected with mortuary rites, and are the most important ritual objects in the society. While malanggan rites may be held separately and unconnected with any other ritual, they always form part of the initiation ceremonies, and it is not possible to separate the two in a description. The paper shows the importance of these rituals in Lesu social organization.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- Cultural participation
- Linguistic identification
- Community structure
- Speech
- External relations
- Settlement patterns
- Dwellings
- Public structures
- Community heads
- Inter-community relations
- Lineages
- Labor supply and employment
- Missions
- Congregations
- Public works
- Individual enterprise
- Taxation and public income
- Public works
- Labor and leisure
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Lesu
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- 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
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- 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
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2011
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1954
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1920-1969
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Lesu, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
- NotesAdditional notes
- Phillip H. Lewis
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-182)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 71083764
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- New Ireland Province (Papua New Guinea)
- Ethnology--Papua New Guinea--New Ireland
- Lesu, New Ireland (Papua New Guinea)