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Kinship organisation and behaviour in a contemporary Tongan villagearticle 1966 • Aoyagi, Machiko
Tongans • Oceania > Polynesia
This is a 'descriptive study on the kinship organisation and behaviour of Tongan commoners in a contemporary Tongan village' (p. 141). It is specifically in contrast to the findings of Gifford (document #1) on kinship among the nobility. Commoners ar...The geographical recognition of Palauan people with special reference to the four directionsessay 1982 • Aoyagi, Machiko
Belau • Oceania > Micronesia
This paper is divided into two parts. The first part deals with the Belauan mythological age -- the Uab and Milad eras and the second part with the lineage traditions of the latter period. Discussion on the Uab era centers on the creation of the Bela...