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    Art and creativity in a New Guinea society : the Kwoma in cross-cultural perspective (2022)
    Lanham : Lexington Books
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    ISBN: 9781793611369
    Language: English
    Pages: xi, 143 Seiten , Illustrationen, Karte
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Bowden, Ross Art and creativity in the Washkuk Hills
    DDC: 305.899/12
    Keywords: Kwoma (Papua New Guinean people) History ; Kwoma (Papua New Guinean people) Social life and customs ; Kwoma (Papua New Guinean people) Rites and ceremonies ; Art, Papua New Guinean ; Sepik River (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea) Social life and customs ; Kwoma ; Papua-Neuguinea ; Kunst ; Kreativität ; Das Übernatürliche
    Abstract: Sources of creativity in art -- The supernatural origins of men's houses and their art -- The supernatural origins of Kwoma ritual -- Cultural implications of Kwoma notions of creativity in art -- A cross-cultural perspective -- Related issues.
    Abstract: "This book is a study of the art of the Kwoma of the Sepik River region of New Guinea and how people in this society understand their art as a cultural phenomenon, including its origins in the spirit world"--
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    The Yalaku : history and warfare in the middle Sepik (2023)
    Canon Pyon : Sean Kingston Publishing
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    ISBN: 9781912385515 , 1912385511
    Language: English
    Pages: 222 pages , illustrations (some colour), genealogical tables, map, portraits , 24 cm
    DDC: 305.899/12
    Keywords: Yalaku (Papua New Guinean people) History ; Yalaku (Papua New Guinean people) Social life and customs ; Yalaku (Papua New Guinean people) Rites and ceremonies ; Kwoma (Papua New Guinean people) History ; Kwoma (Papua New Guinean people) Social life and customs ; Kwoma (Papua New Guinean people) Rites and ceremonies ; Legends ; Ethnology ; Kwoma (Peuple de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée) - Histoire ; Kwoma (Peuple de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée) - Mœurs et coutumes ; Kwoma (Peuple de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée) - Rites et cérémonies ; Légendes - Sepik, Vallée du (Indonésie et Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée) ; Ethnologie - Sepik, Vallée du (Indonésie et Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée) ; Sepik River Valley (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea) Social life and customs ; Sepik, Vallée du (Indonésie et Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée) - Mœurs et coutumes ; Indonesien ; Papua-Neuguinea ; Distrikt Sepik Ost ; Ethnische Gruppe ; Ethnische Beziehungen ; Konflikt ; Mythologie
    Description / Table of Contents: Pt.I. Background and social organization. ch1. The Yalaku ; ch.2. Yelogu village ; ch.3. Clan histories and the spirit world ; ch.4. Marriage alliances -- pt.II. History and warfare. ch.5. Yalaku history and warfare: an overview ; ch.6. Earliest remembered warfare: the Nowiniyen and the Apukili ; ch.7. The beginnings of conflict with the Tongwinjamb Kwoma and warfare with other groups ; ch.8. Continuing warfare with neighbours, and the rise of Kapay as a military leader ; ch.9. The destruction of the Awokapa tribe and the death of Kapay ; ch.10. Warfare with Avatip village and the destruction of the Apukili tribe ; ch.11. Entering the modern world -- pt.III. Myths. ch.12. Introduction to Yalaku myth ; ch.13. The brothers Wantan and Mbapan and the origin of trade with river peoples ; ch.14. The origin of tobacco and other stories.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-213) and index
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