Naven, : a survey of the problems suggested by a composite picture of the culture of a New Guinea tribe drawn from three points of view / By Gregory Bateson
by Bateson, Gregory
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About This Item
Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 1958. Second Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xix, 312 pages illustrations 23 cm. Subjects; Iatmul Tribe. Iatmul (Papua New Guinean people). Naven (Iatmul rite). Rites and ceremonies New Guinea. Ethnology New Guinea. Iatmul (Papua New Guinean people) Social life and customs. Rites and ceremonies Sepik River Valley (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea)
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- Title
- Naven, : a survey of the problems suggested by a composite picture of the culture of a New Guinea tribe drawn from three points of view / By Gregory Bateson
- Author
- Bateson, Gregory
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press
- Date Published
- 1958
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