Book

The work of the gods in Tikopia

The London School of Economics and Political Science (1) • Published In 1940 • Pages: ii, 377 , plates

By: Firth, Raymond.

Abstract
This is an exhaustive and thorough account of the major religious cycle of the Tikopia, the Work of the Gods. Firth was present at or participated in many of the rites, and the result is a detailed description of the procedural form of the individual rites into which the major cycle is divided.
Subjects
Organized ceremonial
culture
Tikopia
HRAF PubDate
1995
Region
Oceania
Sub Region
Polynesia
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Alice McCloskey
Field Date
1928-1929
Coverage Date
not specified
Coverage Place
Tikopia Island, Solomon Islands
Notes
[by] Raymond Firth
LCSH
Tikopia (Solomon Islands peoples)