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100 1 _aWilliamson, Robert Wood,
_d1856-1932
245 1 4 _aThe Mafulu: Mountain People of British New Guinea
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2006
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2006-03-04
508 _aProduced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/
520 _a"The Mafulu: Mountain People of British New Guinea" by Robert W. Williamson is an ethnographic account written in the early 20th century. This work documents the author's expedition to the remote Mafulu villages in British New Guinea, focusing on the lives, customs, and physical characteristics of the Mafulu people, a group with little prior contact with Westerners. The text seeks to fill a gap in ethnological knowledge about this unique cultural group and their practices." "The opening of this exploration sets the stage for an in-depth investigation of the Mafulu people, detailing the author's journey through various regions before reaching the Mafulu district. Williamson notes the rarity of white visitors to the area, which includes interactions with local missionaries who provide insights into the community. The author acknowledges the challenges within his fieldwork, including language barriers and the community's unfamiliarity with systematic inquiries, which add complexity to his ethnographic research. The preface and introduction highlight both the author's personal journey and the significant cultural exploration that will ensue in the chapters ahead." (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aMafulus
653 _aFuyuge language
653 _aEthnology -- New Guinea
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17910
999 _c59296
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