Culture summary
essay 2003 • Davenport, William

Santa Cruz Islanders • Oceania > Melanesia
This is a culture summary of the Santa Cruz Islanders . Information is presented on major aspects of Santa Cruz Islanders' culture....

Red-feather money
article 1962 • Davenport, William

Santa Cruz Islanders • Oceania > Melanesia
This article discusses the red-feather currency system of the Santa Cruz Islands, its place in the internal trade of the people, its use as bride-price payment, and recent changes brought by competition with Australian currency. Details of its manufa...

When a primitive and a civilized money meet
essay 1961 • Davenport, William

Santa Cruz Islanders • Oceania > Melanesia
This article is concerned mainly with the changes resulting from the competition of Australian money with the native currency system. In other respects it repeats most of the material presented in 3: Davenport....

Santa Cruz census
essay 1961 • Davenport, William

Santa Cruz Islanders • Oceania > Melanesia
This census of Santa Cruz Island was taken by the author in the course of his field work on Santa Cruz Island. It gives a complete census of each household. Included in the census are the age, sex, kin relationship and sib membership of each individu...

Lyric verse and ritual in the Santa Cruz Islands
article 1975 • Davenport, William

Santa Cruz Islanders • Oceania > Melanesia
This article describes the lyric verse of Santa Cruz Island which is embedded in an extensive ritual petition to the deities. 'The ritual events are at the same time the most enjoyed social celebration for humans. Taken together, all parts of the rit...

Social structure of Santa Cruz
essay 1964 • Davenport, William

Santa Cruz Islanders • Oceania > Melanesia
In this article William Davenport presents a brief account of Santa Cruz ethnography with an emphasis on socio-political organization. Major topics discussed in this work are: culture history, geography, economic specialization and trade, settlements...

Social organization notes on the Northern Santa Cruz Islands
article 1968 • Davenport, William

Santa Cruz Islanders • Oceania > Melanesia
In this article Davenport presents a descriptive ethnography of the people of the Duff Islands located in the northern Santa Cruz Island group. Although the author's particular emphasis in this work is on the socio-political organization of the islan...

Social organization notes on the Southern Santa Cruz Islands
article 1969 • Davenport, William

Santa Cruz Islanders • Oceania > Melanesia
This document presents a series of ethnographic notes on the culture history and social organization of the inhabitants of the islands of Utupua and Vankkoro, located in the southern Santa Cruz Island group. Allthough numerous subjects are discussed ...

Social organization notes on the Northern Santa Cruz Islands
article 1969 • Davenport, William

Santa Cruz Islanders • Oceania > Melanesia
This article by William Davenport presents a series of ethnographic notes on the inhabitants of the Reef Islands located in the northern Santa Cruz Island group. Of this cluster of small islands, the main emphasis is on the Main Reef Island group rat...

Social organization notes on the northern Santa Cruz Islands
article 1972 • Davenport, William

Santa Cruz Islanders • Oceania > Melanesia
This paper consists of a collection of ethnographic notes on the Outer Reef Islands located in the northern Santa Cruz Island chain, with particular emphasis on the island of Nupani. As with several other articles by Davenport in this file (e.g., Dav...