Culture summary
essay 2001 Schefold, Reimar

MentawaiansAsia > Southeast Asia
This is a culture summary of the Mentawaians....

The culinary code in the puliaijat ritual of the Mentawaians
article 1982 Schefold, Reimar

MentawaiansAsia > Southeast Asia
Following a brief introduction to Mentawaian ethnography, with particular emphasis on daily foods consumed, Schefold directs his attention to the study of the Puliaijat ritual of this group, a...

Lia
Book 1988 Schefold, Reimar

MentawaiansAsia > Southeast Asia
This book, in German, consists of two major parts. Part 1 describes the day-to-day life and general ethnography of the Sakuddei (Sakkudei) people living on the island of Siberut in the Mentawa...

Religious involution
article 1976 Schefold, Reimar

MentawaiansAsia > Southeast Asia
Basing his analysis on Clifford Geertz's work on involutionary change in agricultural patterns in Java which triggered off reactions in other culture sectors of the society, Schefold attempts ...

The Sacrifices of the Sakuddei (Mentawai Archipelago, Western Indonesia)
essay 1980 Schefold, Reimar

MentawaiansAsia > Southeast Asia
This document deals with the functional aspects of sacrifice among the Sakkudei, a group of people living in the interior of Siberut, the northenmost island of the Mentawei Archipelago in west...

The Siberut Project
article 1980 Schefold, Reimar

MentawaiansAsia > Southeast Asia
After a brief summary of the ethnography of the Sakuddei (Sakkudei) who live in the interior of Siberut Island in the Mentawei Archipelago, the author describes the various external influences...

The Unequal brothers-in-law
article 1986 Schefold, Reimar

MentawaiansAsia > Southeast Asia
This article opens with an introductory section on the concept of Indonesia as a "field of anthropological study" using concepts of construction based on the writings of J. P. B. de Josselin d...

The speaking sign
essay 1991 Schefold, Reimar

MentawaiansAsia > Southeast Asia
For many years the anthropological model of the exchange of women as the basic principle in all clan alliances has been an accepted fact in the literature of anthropology. "This model is based...