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Historical vines : Enga networks of exchange, ritual, and warfare in Papua New Guinea /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wiessner, Pauline Wilson, 1947-
Other Authors: Tumu, Akii, Pupu, Nitze
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, [1998]
Series:Smithsonian series in ethnographic inquiry.
Subjects:
Enga (Papua New Guinean people) > History.
Enga (Papua New Guinean people) > Rites and ceremonies.
Enga (Papua New Guinean people) > Warfare.
Ceremonial exchange > Papua New Guinea > Western Highlands Province.
Ethnohistory > Papua New Guinea > Western Highlands Province.
Oral tradition > Papua New Guinea > Western Highlands Province.
Western Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea) > Social life and customs.
Description
Physical Description:xvii, 494 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-479) and index.
ISBN:1560987928 (cloth : alk. paper)
1560987677 (pbk. : alk. paper)