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The Mafulu: Mountain People of British New Guinea

by Robert W. Williamson

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Introduction
  3. 3Introductory
  4. 4Physique and Character
  5. 5Character and Temperament
  6. 6Dress and Ornament
  7. 7Physical Body Decoration, &c.
  8. 8Ornaments
  9. 9Figure 1
  10. 10Daily Life and Matters Connected With It
  11. 11Food
  12. 12Cooking and Eating and Their Utensils
  13. 13Various Implements
  14. 14Figure 2
  15. 15Domestic Animals
  16. 16Etiquette
  17. 17Community, Clan, and Village Systems and Chieftainship
  18. 18Figure 3
  19. 19Chiefs, Sub-Chiefs and Notables and Their Emone
  20. 20Villages, Emone, Houses and Modes of Inter-Village Communication
  21. 21Figure 4
  22. 22Figure 5
  23. 23Figure 6
  24. 24Communications
  25. 25Government, Property, and Inheritance
  26. 26Property and Inheritance
  27. 27The Big Feast
  28. 28Figure 7
  29. 29Some Other Ceremonies and Feasts
  30. 30Ceremony on Assumption of Perineal Band
  31. 31Ceremony on Admission to Emone
  32. 32Ceremony Conferring Right to Use Drum and Dance
  33. 33Ceremony on Devolution of Chieftainship
  34. 34Ceremony on Building of a New Emone
  35. 35Matrimonial and Sexual
  36. 36Killing, Cannibalism, and Warfare
  37. 37Cannibalism
  38. 38Warfare
  39. 39Hunting, Fishing and Agriculture
  40. 40Fishing
  41. 41Agriculture
  42. 42Bark Cloth Making, Netting and Art
  43. 43Bark Cloth Making
  44. 44Netting
  45. 45Figure 8
  46. 46Figure 9
  47. 47Art, Design, etc.
  48. 48Music and Singing, Dancing and Toys and Games
  49. 49Dancing
  50. 50Toys and Games
  51. 51Counting, Currency and Trade
  52. 52Currency and Trade
  53. 53Language
  54. 54Illness, Death, and Burial
  55. 55Death and Burial
  56. 56Death and Burial
  57. 57Religion and Superstitious Beliefs and Practices
  58. 58Sorcery
  59. 59Charms
  60. 60Omens
  61. 61General
  62. 62Taboo
  63. 63Note on the Kuni People
  64. 64Conclusion
  65. 65A Grammar of the Fuyuge Language — Phonology
  66. 66Nouns
  67. 67Adjectives
  68. 68Numerals
  69. 69Pronouns
  70. 70Verbs
  71. 71Adverbs
  72. 72Prepositions and Postpositions
  73. 73Conjunctions
  74. 74Interjections — Notes on Dependent Clauses
  75. 75Note on the Afoa Language
  76. 76Note on the Kovio Language
  77. 77A Comparative Vocabulary of the Fuyuge, Afoa, and Kovio Languages
  78. 78Appendix V
  79. 79I — Classification
  80. 80II — Comparison
  81. 81III — Papuan and Melanesian
  82. 82Plate 1 — Plate 2 Plate 3 Plate 4 Plate 5 Plate 6 Plate 7 Plate 8 P…
  83. 83Plate 25 · Plate 26 · Plate 27 — Plate 28 Plate 29 · Plate 52 — Pla…
  84. 84Plate 70 — Plate 71 — Plate 72 Plate 73 Plate 74 Plate 75 Plate 76…
  85. 85Plate 88

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