Book

Notes d'ethnologie néo-calédonienne

Institut d'ethnologieParis • 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.
Subjects
Vegetable production
Dwellings
Grounds
Settlement patterns
Gift giving
Visiting and hospitality
Sorcery
Eschatology
Spirits and gods
Cult of the dead
Magic
Ethnogeography
Ethnopsychology
culture
Kanak
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