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Kin and totem : group relations of Australian aborigines in the Port Keats district
Title
Kin and totem : group relations of Australian aborigines in the Port Keats district / by Johannes Falkenberg.
Publication
[Oslo] : Oslo University Press ; [London] : G. Allen & Unwin, [1962]
Copyright Notice Date
©1962
Physical Description
271, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Local Notes
BEIN Osborn pe949. Paperbound. Stamp: Univ. Bibl. Uppsala, 27 Sep 1962.
Notes
"Also published as Bulletin no. 9, Universitetets Etnografiske Museum, University of Oslo."
Summary
Field work, 1950; Headquarters; Pt. Keats Mission; Sketch maps of distribution of tribes, clans, moieties, routes of ceremonial exchange of goods; Informant was Nawurop of Murinbata tribe; Census of area; kinship system and tables, lists of kinship and clan names with English equivalent; Settling of disputes; names of totems; womens life; Subsections, trading system from horde to horde; Tribes listed; Murinbata, Maringar, Magatige, Maridjabin and Marijadi.
Variant and related titles
Group relations of Australian aborigines in the Port Keats district
Other formats
Online version: Falkenberg, Johannes, 1911- Kin and totem. [Oslo] Oslo University Press; [London] G. Allen & Unwin [1962]
Format
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 08, 2023
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 272).
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