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The Melanesians of South Pentecost, New Hebrides
Gods ghosts and men in Melanesia; some religions of Australian New Guinea and the New Hebrides • Melbourne • Published In 1965 • Pages: 250-279
By: Lane, Robert B..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document focuses on the religious beliefs and practices of the Sa and their connection to pigs, social organization (sibs and age-grade societies), and property.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Domesticated animals
- Real property
- Leisure time activities
- Status, role, and prestige
- Age stratification
- Clans
- Sorcery
- Life and death
- General character of religion
- Cosmology
- Mythology
- Animism
- Spirits and gods
- Sacred objects and places
- Magic
- Missions
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Sa
- 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
- Ian Skoggard ; 2019
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1953-1954, 1957-1958
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1953-1958
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- south Pentecost, Penama, Vanuatu
- NotesAdditional notes
- R. B. Lane
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 66001121
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Sa
- South Pentecost Island (Vanuatu)