Anthropos: Anthropos, 69.1974

Anthropos, 69.1974

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Structure Type:: Journal

Works URN (URL):: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-714820

URN:: urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-714820

Persistent identifier:: BV043334262

Title:: Anthropos

Sub Title:: internationale Zeitschrift für Völker- u. Sprachenkunde

Place of Publication:: Fribourg

Publisher:: Ed. St. Paul

Year of Publication:: 1906

Collection:: Journals and Newspapers > Journals of Ethnology

Domain:: Social and cultural anthropology > General overview

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Structure Type:: Journal Volume

Works URN (URL):: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-711778

URN:: urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-711778

Persistent identifier:: 1510649436189

Title:: Anthropos, 69.1974

Year of Publication:: 1974

Call Number:: LA 1118

Collection:: Journals and Newspapers > Journals of Ethnology

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Structure Type:: Journal Issue

Title:: Bd. 69, 1974, Heft 1-2

Collection:: Journals and Newspapers > Journals of Ethnology

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Structure Type:: Journal Article

Title:: Burial-Canoes and Canoe-Burials in the Trobriand and Marshall Bennett Islands (Melanesia)

Other person:: Gerrits, G. J. M.

Collection:: Journals and Newspapers > Journals of Ethnology

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Title:: Fig. 1. Nodoga (Kitava Island), canoe-prow

Collection:: Journals and Newspapers > Journals of Ethnology

* I wish to thank my friends Isei Emasi, Yosela Ginger and Siguyau for their assistance in locating and collecting the prows and the old men of Kumwagea, Lalela, Kudeuli and Iwa villages for giving me the information they have. Burial-Canoes and Canoe-Burials in the Trobriand and Marshall Bennett Islands (Melanesia) * G. J. M. Gerrits During the years 1967-1971 the author was working as a Medical Officer in the Trobriand, Marshall Bennett and Woodlark Islands. These island-groups are located about 150 miles North-East off the Eastern tip of the New Guinea mainland. They are part of the so-called Massim Area. The finds, described in this article, come from Kitava (Trobriand Group) and Iwa (Marshall Bennett Group) Islands. The shores of both islands show sandy beaches as well as steep cliffs, rising till 140 meters above sea-level (pi. a). In the cliffs numerous crevices, narrow platforms and caves can be found, some of which formerly have been used to keep human bones, sometimes in clay pots, clam shells or in and behind wooden containers. The last ones were brought to my attention in 1969 by the islands people’s tales about old “small canoes” which were to be found in the cliffs- Fig. 1. Nodoga (Kitava Island), canoe-prow.

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