Book
Notes d'ethnologie néo-calédonienne
Institut d'ethnologie • Paris • Published In 1930 • Pages: viii, 340
By: Leenhardt, Maurice.
Abstract
The author was a French missionary who lived in New Caledonia for twenty-four years, spending the most time among the Ajië, in Houaïlou and Canala. The volume focuses on clans, feasting, gifting, ghosts, ancestral spirits, magic, and virtue.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2019
- Region
- Oceania
- Sub Region
- Melanesia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Missionary
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard; 2018
- Field Date
- 1903-1926
- Coverage Date
- 1865-1926
- Coverage Place
- Houaïlou, Canala, Hienghéne, Kouaoua, and Poya, North Province, and Bourail, South Province, New Caledonia
- Notes
- Maurice Leenhardt
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 31007938
- LCSH
- Ethnology--New Caledonia