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The Melanesians of South Pentecost, New Hebridesessay 1965 • Lane, Robert B.
Sa • Oceania > Melanesia
This document focuses on the religious beliefs and practices of the Sa and their connection to pigs, social organization (sibs and age-grade societies), and property....Unpublished field notesessay 1957 • Lane, Robert B. & Lane, Barbara Savadkin
Sa • Oceania > Melanesia
This document contains the authors’ unpublished field notes, largely about the Sa kinship system, including a lengthy discussion on marriage. Other topics covered are subsistence and, more briefly, clothing, houses and the exchange of gifts....