Sorcerers of Dobu: The Social Anthropology of the Dobu Islanders of the Western Pacific |
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Alo's Amphletts armshells Basima believed black art blood brothers boundary Brown Eagle bush Bwebweso called canoe ceremonial charm child coco-nut cooked Coriphilus corpse cousins crop cross-cousin Crow custom dance death disease diviner Dobu Island Dobuan exchange father father's village fear Fergusson Island fish gangosa garden magic gift girl Green Parrot village harvest husband incantation incest inheritance Kasabwaibwaileta kill Kinosi Kopu kula kula ring land leaves legend locality magician male Malinowski man's marital grouping marriage married matrilineal mother's brother mourning Murua native night overseas owners personal name Place of Pouring plant relationship ritual ritualist Sanaroa secret seed yams sleep social song sorcery spell spirit spondylus spondylus shell spouse supernatural susu tabu tamana term terminology Tewara Those-resulting-from-marriage Togo totem tree Trobriand Islanders Tubetube tubuna White Pigeon White Pigeon village widower wife wife's witch witchcraft woman women Woodlark Island yams Yogalu