The Galela of Halmahera. A Preliminary Survey.HI

Osaka.: National Museum of Ethnology.. 1980.. Figures, tables, black and white photographic plates, vii + 529pp, paperback, small quarto. Senri Ethnological Studies No. 7. This volume is a descriptive ethnography of the Galela people of Northeastern Halmahera, Indonesia. It presents the results of fieldwork conducted by members of the research staff of the National Museum of Ethnology (NME) from September 14 to December 14, 1976. It includes 15 papers by Japanese scholars and covers Limau Village and Its Setting - Naomichi Ishige; Folk Orientation in Halmahera with Special Reference to Insular Southeast Asia - Shuji Yoshida; Time Reckoning - Shuji Yoshida; Folk Classification of the Sago Palm among the Galela - Shuji Yoshida; Cultivated Bananas among the Galela - Shuji Yoshida; Agriculture - Komei Sasaki; Fishing - Osamu Ogo; Hunting - Naomichi Ishige; Social Organization and Rites of Passage - Kazuko Matsuzawa; The Traditional Spirit World - Naomichi Ishige; Housing, Household Economy and Material Culture - Naomichi Ishige; Correspondence of Consonants in North Halmahera Languages and the Conservation of Archaic Sounds in Galela - Yuiti Wada. The Preparation and Origin of Galela Food - Naomichi Ishige. .