
The Mafulu: Mountain People of British New Guinea
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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. This book is printed in black & white, Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Reprinted in 2022 with the help of original edition published long back 1912. As this book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages. If it is multi vo Resized as per current standards. We expect that you will understand our compulsion with such books. 538 The Mafulu mountain p...
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- The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea
- Robert W. Williamson With an Introduction by A. C. Haddon, Sc.D., F.R.S. With Illustrations and Map Macmillan and Co., Limited St. Martin’s Street, London 1912
- Preface
- Plates
- Illustrations in Text
- Introduction
- Introductory
- Physique and Character
- Physique.
- Character and Temperament.
- Dress and Ornament
- Dress.
- Physical Body Decoration, &c.
- Ornaments.
- Figure 1.
- Daily Life and Matters Connected with It
- Daily Life.
- Food.
- Cooking and Eating and Their Utensils.
- Various Implements.
- Figure 2.
- Domestic Animals.
- Etiquette.
- Community, Clan, and Village Systems and Chieftainship
- Communities, Clans, and Villages.
- Figure 3.
- Chiefs, Sub-Chiefs and Notables and Their Emone
- Villages, Emone, Houses and Modes of Inter-Village Communication
- Villages and Their Emone and Houses.
- Figure 4.
- Figure 5.
- Figure 6.
- Communications.
- Government, Property, and Inheritance
- Government and Justice.
- Property and Inheritance.
- The Big Feast
- Figure 7.
- Some other Ceremonies and Feasts
- Ceremony on Birth.
- Ceremony on Assumption of Perineal Band.
- Ceremony on Admission to Emone.
- Ceremony Conferring Right to Use Drum and Dance.
- Ceremony on Devolution of Chieftainship
- Ceremony on Building of a New Emone.
- Matrimonial and Sexual
- Killing, Cannibalism, and Warfare
- Killing.
- Cannibalism.
- Warfare.
- Hunting, Fishing and Agriculture
- Hunting.
- Fishing.
- Agriculture.
- Bark Cloth Making, Netting and Art.
- Bark Cloth Making and Netting.
- Bark Cloth Making.
- Netting.
- Figure 8.
- Figure 9.
- Figure 10.
- Art, Design, etc.
- Music and Singing, Dancing and Toys and Games
- Music and Singing.
- Dancing.
- Toys and Games.
- Counting, Currency and Trade
- Counting.
- Currency and Trade.
- Language
- Illness, Death, and Burial
- Ailments and Remedies.
- Death and Burial.
- Death and Burial.
- Religion and Superstitious Beliefs and Practices
- Religion and Superstitions.
- Sorcery.
- Charms.
- Omens.
- General.
- Taboo.
- Note on the Kuni People
- Conclusion
- A Grammar of the Fuyuge Language
- Phonology.
- I. Alphabet.
- II. Elision.
- III. Vowel Changes.
- Nouns.
- I. Gender.
- II. Number.
- III. Case.
- IV. Interrogative Nouns.
- V. Demonstrative Nouns.
- Adjectives.
- II. Adjectives of Quality.
- III. Demonstrative Adjectives.
- IV. Interrogative Adjectives.
- V. Indefinite Adjectives.
- VI. Possessive Adjectives.
- Numerals.
- Pronouns.
- I. Personal Pronouns. Simple.
- II. Personal Pronouns. Compound.
- III. Possessive Pronouns.
- IV. Interrogative Pronouns.
- V. Indefinite Pronouns.
- VI. Relative Pronouns.
- Verbs.
- I. Conjugation.
- II. The Particle, Ga.
- III. Person and Number.
- IV. Tense and Mode.
- V. Negation.
- VI. Interrogative.
- VII. Substantive Verb.
- VIII. Auxiliary Verbs.
- IX. Verbal Suffixes.
- X. Verbal Prefixes.
- XI. Irregular Verbs.
- XII. Notes on Some Verbs.
- Adverbs.
- II. Adverbs of Place.
- III. Adverbs of Time.
- IV. Adverbs of Quantity.
- V. Adverbs of Affirmation, Negation and Interrogation.
- VI. Adverbs of Manner and Likeness.
- Prepositions and Postpositions.
- I. Prepositions.
- II. Postpositions.
- III. List of Postpositions.
- IV. Prepositional Phrases.
- Conjunctions.
- I. Copulative.
- II. Adversative.
- III. Sequence.
- Interjections.
- Notes on Dependent Clauses.
- Note on the Afoa Language
- Note on the Kovio Language.
- A Comparative Vocabulary of the Fuyuge, Afoa, and Kovio Languages
- Appendix V Notes on the Papuan Languages spoken about the Head Waters of the St. Joseph River, Central Papua
- I. Classification.
- II. Comparison.
- III. Papuan and Melanesian.
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