Malanggan : art, memory and sacrifice / Susanne Küchler.

Author/creator Küchler, Susanne
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Berg, 2002.
Descriptionxii, 212 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Ethnology--Papua New Guinea. --New Ireland Province.
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Papua New Guinea. --New Ireland Province.
Art--Papua New Guinea. --New Ireland Province.
New Ireland Province (Papua New Guinea)--Social life and customs.
New Ireland Province (Papua New Guinea)--Social life and customs.

SeriesMaterializing culture
Materializing culture. ^A401708
Contents Gathering places -- Matriliny in the making -- Sacrifice and calendrical rites -- Building up of the fire -- Images of malanggan -- On building and thinking -- Potent absence and the dynamics of sacrificial economy -- Conclusion.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 195-208) and index.
LCCN 2002012010
ISBN1859736173
ISBN185973622X (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks GN671.N5 K83 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold