The Mafulu
- Subtitle
- Mountain People of British New Guinea
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Table of contents
1. Front matter2. Preface3. Plates4. Illustrations in Text5. Introduction6. Introductory7. Physique and Character8. Dress and Ornament9. Daily Life and Matters Connected with It10. Community, Clan, and Village Systems and Chieftainship11. Villages, Emone, Houses and Modes of Inter-Village Communication12. Government, Property, and Inheritance13. The Big Feast14. Some other Ceremonies and Feasts15. Matrimonial and Sexual16. Killing, Cannibalism, and Warfare17. Hunting, Fishing and Agriculture18. Bark Cloth Making, Netting and Art.19. Music and Singing, Dancing and Toys and Games20. Counting, Currency and Trade21. Language22. Illness, Death, and Burial23. Religion and Superstitious Beliefs and Practices24. Note on the Kuni People25. Conclusion26. A Grammar of the Fuyuge Language27. Note on the Afoa Language28. Note on the Kovio Language.29. A Comparative Vocabulary of the Fuyuge, Afoa, and Kovio Languages30. Notes on the Papuan Languages spoken about the Head Waters of the St. Joseph River, Central Papua31. Plates