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قراءة كتاب The Mafulu: Mountain People of British New Guinea

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The Mafulu: Mountain People of British New Guinea

The Mafulu: Mountain People of British New Guinea

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Club (disc type of head). Fig. 3. Drum. Fig. 4. Adze.

76 Fishing Weir. 77 Planting Yams in Garden. 78 Collecting Sweet Potatoes in Garden. 79 Hammering Bark Cloth. 80 The Ine Pandanus. 81 Mafulu Network. 82 Funeral Feast (not of Chief). Guests assembled to commence Dance down Village Enclosure. 83 The same Funeral Feast. Guest Chief Dancing down Village Enclosure. 84 Platform Grave of Chief’s Child at Back. Ordinary Grave in Front. 85 Group of Platform Graves of Chiefs and their Relations. 86 Platform Grave of a Chief’s Child. 87, 88 The Gabe Fig Tree, in which Chiefs’ Burial Boxes are placed and which is Generally Believed to be Haunted by Spirits. 89 The Remains of a Chiefs Burial Platform which has collapsed, and beneath which his Skull and some of his Bones are interred Underground. 90 An Emone to which are hung the Skulls and some of the Bones from Chiefs’ Burial Platforms which have Collapsed. 91 A House with Receptacle for Child’s Excrement. Map.

Illustrations in Text

FIGURE
1. Leg band making (commencing stage)
2. Ancient Mortar
3. Illustrative Diagram of a Mafulu Community of Villages
4. Diagram of Front of Emone (Front Hood of Roof and Front Platform and Portions of Front Timbers omitted, so as to show Interior)
5. Diagram of Transverse Section across Centre of Emone
6. Diagrammatic Sketch of Apse-like Projection of Roof of Emone and Platform Arrangements
7. Diagram Illustrating Positions of People during Performance at Big Feast
8. Mafulu Net Making (1st Line of Network)
9. Mafulu Net Making (2nd, 3rd, and 4th Lines of Network)
10. Mafulu Net Making (5th Line of Network, to which Rest of Net is similar in Stitch)

Introduction

By Dr. A.C. Haddon

It is a great pleasure to me to introduce Mr. Williamson’s book to the notice of ethnologists and the general public, as I am convinced that it will be read with interest and profit.

Perhaps I may

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