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The native culture in the MarquesasBook 1923 • Handy, E. S. Craighill (Edward Smith Craighill)
Marquesas • Oceania > Polynesia
This work by a professional ethnologist constitutes the major source on the culture of the Marquesas. While much of the former culture has disappeared, Handy, by utilizing the memories of aged informants and the early accounts of travelers, has been ...The Polynesian family system in Ka-'U, Hawai'iBook 1972 • Handy, E. S. Craighill (Edward Smith Craighill) & Pukui, Mary Kawena
Hawaiians • Oceania > Polynesia
This book presents a review of traditional Hawaiian life, focusing primarily on the time period of the late eighteenth century to the end of the nineteenth. The data cover accounts of the spirits and gods, the kinship system, life cycle events (birth...Native planters in old HawaiiBook 1972 • Handy, E. S. Craighill (Edward Smith Craighill) et al.
Hawaiians • Oceania > Polynesia
This study, originally made in the 1930s, is an appraisal of traditional horticulture as it existed in the Hawaiian Islands prior to Euro-American contact. The work describes in detail the various plants raised by the Hawaiians, the types of location...