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Both sides of Buka PassageBook 1935 • Blackwood, Beatrice
Tinputz • Oceania > Melanesia
This is a comprehensive ethnographic study of the Kurtatchi community on the northeastern coast of Bougainville, and of the peoples of the Buka Passage in general. Because the original researc...Folk stories from the northern Solomonsarticle 1932 • Blackwood, Beatrice
Tinputz • Oceania > Melanesia
Stories from the Tinputz of Kurtatchi Village and the Buka of Petats Island found in this document are divided into the following groups: culture-hero stories, culture origin stories, natural ...Treatment of the sick in the Solomon Islandsarticle 1935 • Blackwood, Beatrice
Tinputz • Oceania > Melanesia
This article summarizes curing practices, particularly those of the Tinputz proper of northeastern Bougainville. Coverage includes fractures and sprains, skin diseases, afflictions of the inte...