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Social organization notes on the Northern Santa Cruz Islands: the Duff Islands (Taumako)
Baessler-Archiv; Beiträge zur Völkerkunde • Berlin • Published In 1968 • Pages: 137-205
By: Davenport, William.
Abstract
In this article Davenport presents a descriptive ethnography of the people of the Duff Islands located in the northern Santa Cruz Island group. Although the author's particular emphasis in this work is on the socio-political organization of the islanders, especially in regard to the MATA or ward -- a grouping together of dwelling sites into named areas; the document does contain a wide variety of other ethnographic topics, such as settlement patterns, culture history, mythology, canoes and canoe construction, property and inheritance, kinship, trade, childhood and puberty rituals, marriage, reproduction, and the men's associations.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2003
- Region
- Oceania
- Sub Region
- Melanesia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 2001
- Field Date
- March - April 1960
- Coverage Date
- seventeenth century - 1960
- Coverage Place
- Duff Islands (Taumako), Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
- Notes
- William Davenport
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 205)
- LCCN
- sv 87024542
- LCSH
- Santa Cruz Islands (Solomon Islands)