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The Bird Cult of Easter Island
Folklore • 28 (4) • Published In 1917 • Pages: 337-355
By: Routledge, Scoresby, Mrs., b. 1866.
Abstract
This is a detailed reconstruction of the socially and religiously significant Bird Cult ceremony of finding the first egg each year of the [n]tara[/n] (sooty tern) on the islet of Motu Nui.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2016
- Region
- Oceania
- Sub Region
- Polynesia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Robert Lee ; 1961
- Field Date
- 1914-1915
- Coverage Date
- 1600-1868
- Coverage Place
- Orongo, Easter Island, Valparaíso, Chile
- Notes
- By Mrs. Scoresby Routledge
- LCCN
- 17028740
- LCSH
- Easter Island