Book
Lau Islands, Fiji
Bernice P. Bishop Museum • (62) • Published In 1929 • Pages: 240 , 4 plates
By: Hocart, Arthur Maurice.
Abstract
Hocart spent four years in the Fiji Islands as the headmaster of a native school in Lakemba, the chief island of the Lau group. This book is a synthesis of native accounts regarding customs and tradition as well as a record of the author's own observations. The description of the native material culture such as food, clothing, shelter, agriculture, fishing and boat building is adequate. There are also data related to the kinship system, political organization, social structure, games and ceremonies, life cycle, medical care, witchcraft, religious beliefs, and legends.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1996
- Region
- Oceania
- Sub Region
- Polynesia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Educator
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Robert Lee ; 1959
- Field Date
- ca. 1920
- Coverage Date
- ca. 1920
- Coverage Place
- Lau Islands, Fiji
- Notes
- by A. M. Hocart
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 241)
- LCSH
- Fijians