| Ceremonial Houses of the Abelam Papua New Guinea: Architecture and Ritual-Passage to the Ancestors Contributor(s): Hauser-Schaublin, Brigitta (Author) |
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ISBN: 1863333444 ISBN-13: 9781863333443 Publisher: Grawford House OUR PRICE: $62.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 305.899 |
| LCCN: 2018404059 |
| Physical Information: 0.79" H x 7" W x 10" (1.50 lbs) 290 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The ceremonial houses of the Abelam people (East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea), rank as architectual masterpieces. This book offers a unique documentation of the architecture of the different styles of ceremonial houses according to region, their mode of constuction and the impressice facade paintings. It goes on to explain the social networks responsible for the construction and maintenance, and crucial agents of social information. The author presents an extensive description and analysis of Abelam society at a time when the people were still building ceremonial houses, staging initiations and sacrificing pigs. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hauser-Schaublin, Brigitta: - Brigitta Hauser-Schaublin is Professor on Anthropology at the Georg-August University, Gottingen, Germany. |
