essay

Unpublished field notes

[s. n.][S. L.] • Published In 1957 • Pages:

By: Lane, Robert B., Lane, Barbara Savadkin.

Abstract
This document contains the authors’ unpublished field notes, largely about the Sa kinship system, including a lengthy discussion on marriage.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.
Subjects
Domesticated animals
Dwellings
Gift giving
Status, role, and prestige
Regulation of marriage
Mode of marriage
Kinship terminology
Rule of descent
Clans
Mythology
Religious denominations
culture
Sa
Region
Oceania
Sub Region
Melanesia
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Ian Skoggard ; 2019
Field Date
1953-1954, 1958
Coverage Date
1953-1958
Coverage Place
south Pentecost, Penama, Vanuatu
Notes
R. B. Lane ; B. S. Lane
LCSH
Sa
South Pentecost Island (Vanuatu)