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Abortion, 37-38
Adzes, stone, 3, 127, 169, 173, 175, 185
Aging, early, 221
Alliances, 76
Altars, 172
Ambush raids, 61-62, 110, 152, 189-91, 233-34, 237-38
Ancestors, common, 4
Ap warek, see Spoils
Armlets, 12, 26, 92, 102
Arrows, 9, 11, 17, 24, 25, 45, 63-64, 115-17, 119, 146, 181, 191, 214, 248-49, 255; bleeding, 50, 64; hunting, 40, 64; points, 26, 94, 174, 247; shafts, 64; see also Bows
Axes, 52
Babies, 137, 255; carried in nets, 20, 54, 124, 135
Baler shells (mikak), 12-13, 27, 50, 85, 88, 91, 244
Bamboo, 3, 24, 100, 201
Banana fibers, 228. 231; fronds, 50, 146, 235; stalks, 231; trees, 20, 34, 52, 145
Barbering, 89
Bats, 5, 78, 111, 140
Beehives, 166
Bees, 132, 160, 243, 256
Belts, see Shell belts
Bial wood, 127
Birds, 5, 141, 230; see also Songbirds; names of birds, as Hawks Birds of Paradise, 5, 11-13, 87, 88, 122, 127, 142, 173, 250
Birth, 71-72, 181
Blindness, 96, 187
Boars’ tusks, in hair, 88; as implements, 174-75, 245; inserted through nostrils, 10, 13, 26, 116, 158
Boats, 69
Bodies: dead, anointing of, 209, 220; decoration of, 115-16, 121, 212, 218; dyeing of, 92; greasing of, 15-16, 87, 145, 158, 162, 169, 253
Body hair, removal of, 122
Bones of dead, 170-71, 172, 212
Booty, see Spoils
Bows, 9, 13, 63-64, 113, 181, 191, 224, 245, 248, 256; see also Arrows
Bowstrings, 16, 63
Boys, 24-26, 78-79, 81, 91, 128-30, 132, 138, 151-52, 159, 168-69, 171, 187-88, 216-18, 249, 253; initiation of, 179, 181: see also Warriors, young
Breastplates, 6, 10
Bull-roarers, 128
Bush fighters, 14; see also Ambush raids
Cane, 9, 189, 234
Cannibalism, 101
Cassowaries, 5, 11, 87
Ceremonies, 235, 240; consecration, 200; ghost-stoning, 171-72; of holy stones, 144-50, 164-69; kaio, 66; mauwe, 179-82; rat, 94; see also Rituals
Chanting, 205, 238; enemy, 8-9, 11, 14; mourning, 48, 51, 54, 57, 156-57, 159, 210; victory, 84-85; see also Crying; Singing
Characteristics, 4, 130-31; see also Personal appearance
Charcoal sticks, 34; see also Drawings, charcoal
Chestnut trees, 3, 106, 229
Children, 19-20, 33-36, 98-99, 125-26, 135-36, 137-38, 221, 239-40; killing of, 61, 162, 232; punishment of, 166, 170; ritual mutilation of, 54, 59, 99, 166, 169-70, 211-12, 214; see also Babies; Boys; Girls
Cicadas, 70, 111, 254
Clans, 4, 14, 16-17, 74-76. 102-103, 144; heads of, see Kains; marriage groups in, 109
Clay, 45-46, 73, 87, 88, 90, 92, 241; as body decoration, 115, 117, 159, 212, 218
Clothing: of girls, 88-89, 99, 179; of men, 12-13, 145, 182, of women, 20-11, 179
Cooking pits, 51, 145, 147-49, 167, 201, 219
Cooking sheds, 97-98, 200, 224-25; communal, 18
Corsets, men’s, 182
Cowrie belts, 47, 50, 54-55. 72, 94, 136, 159-61, 181, 219-20; see also Shell belts
Cowrie shells, 12
Crayfish, 69, 215-17
Cremation, 56-57; see also Funeral pyres
Cripples, 185
Crowns, see Headdresses
Crying, 93, 144, 180; see also Chanting
Currency, shells as, 12, 50, 128, 159
Cuscus, 5, 12, 127
Dancing, 68; victory, 84-85, 88-90, 92, 119, 123-24, 238-40; war, 10-11, 58-59, 68, 118, 251
Death, 154-56, 181, 201, 218, 235, 240, 254; as reprisal, 196; in war, 11, 45, 208-10; see also Murder
Decoration, body, 115-16, 121, 212, 218; pig tails as, 165; see also Boars tusks; Headdresses
Digging sticks, 21-22, 26, 41, 108
Dogs, 5, 23, 111
Dowries, 180
Dragonflies, 27, 51, 239
Drainage ditches, 22, 28-29, 242
Drawings: charcoal, 34-35, 184-85, 188; sand, 100
Drinking water, 151
Ducks, 126, 207, 252; black, 10, 106; mountain, 106
Ears, mutilation of, 169, 216
Earthquakes, 104-105
Ebeais (women’s huts), 18, 180, 188
Egret feathers, 10-12, 87, 116, 123, 223
Egrets, 82, 106, 255
Elege, see Warriors, young
Etal, see Victory celebration
Etal eken, see Soul
Faces, clay daubing of, in mourning, 45; greasing of, 27, 87; painting of, 13, 87, 92
Fagots, 33, 199
Family ties, 25
Fathers, 72, 138, 255; ceremonial, 25-26; tribal, 200
Feasts, 144-50, 152, 168-69, 171-172, 179-82, 194, 224, 235
Feather bands, 12, 27
Feathers, 116, 127, 244; duck, 28-29; egret, 10-12, 116, 123, 223; hawk, 142; parrot, 65, 66, 163; for whisks, 12
Fences, 19
Ferns, 70, 100, 199, 230; bracken, 8, 33; as food, 149, 168
Fetish objects, 26, 56, 95, 110, 135, 165
Feuds, 76, 229
Fiber strings, wearing of, 150
Fishes, 69
Flowers, 125-26, 256
Flying foxes, 111, 140
Food, 5, 132, 135-36, 139, 141, 149-50, 167-69, 176, 186, 217, 226; ceremonial, 136-37, 166-69, 224; pigs as, 5, 137, 168-69, 180, 194; sweet potatoes as, 19, 136; see also Feasts
Foreheads, decoration of, 12; greasing of, 12, 27
Forests, 3-5; cloud, 142, 144, 184-185, 198-99, 230-31; rain, 70; river, 69-70; riverain, 6; see also Woods
Frogmouths, 104, 217, 254
Funeral pyres, 43, 56-57, 163, 211, 220
Funerals, 43, 46-57, 156-63, 169-172, 210-14, 218-20, 255
Fungi, 4, 70, 230, 239
Furs, 12, 50, 127-28
Games, 128-30, 222, 239; of war, 187; see also Sports
Gardens, 9, 97, 107-108, 112, 126-127, 238, 242-43, 254; cultivation of, 28, 177; protection of, 22; reclaiming of, 107-108; trespassing in, 32
Generosity, 186
Ghosts, 56, 58, 60, 66, 70, 95, 101, 133, 165, 166, 171-72, 198, 208, 215; see also Spirits
Ghost-stoning, 171-72
Gifts, exchange of, 182
Girls, 125-26, 135, 137, 160, 166, 167, 211-12, 216-17, 225, 239; clothing of, 54, 88-89, 99, 179; initiation of, 179-80
Grass bundles, 95, 172
Greetings, 48
Grottoes, 34
Harrier hawks, 15, 88
Hawk feathers, 92, 142
Hawks, 5, 15, 33, 88, 142-43
Head lice, 122-23, 160
Head nets, 114, 173, 218
Headdresses: fur, 12, 50, 128; of men, 92, 121, 123-24; of warriors, 10-13, 87-88; of women, 88-89
Height; female, 22; male, 6, 32
Herons, 106, 133, 252, 255
Hiperi, see Sweet potatoes
Hiperi spears, 22
Holy stones, 144-50, 164-69, 181, 200-202, 210, 244; faith in, 237
Homes: of men, 19; of wives. 18-19; see also Ebeais; Pilai
Honey eaters, 6, 70, 100, 138, 140, 142, 158
Horim gourds, 66
Horims, 12-13, 26-27, 49, 64, 71, 121, 138, 183, 190, 236, 255; funeral, 157; tapping of, 75
Hospitality, 194
Hunting, 23, 222
Hunuk palin, see Men, violent
Husbands, wives and, 41-42, 140, 195, 253
Iki palin, see Mutilation ritual
Illness, 225; treatment of, 222-24, 227
Initiation of boys and girls, 179-80, 181
Insults, exchange of, 251
Intelligence, 72
Kains (clan leaders), 15-17, 26, 39, 44, 47, 50, 52, 54, 73-75, 76-77, 102-104, 110, 116, 144, 161-62, 196, 200, 212, 214, 229, 246-47, 250; power struggle among, 114, 253-54
Kainship, 16; criteria for, 122, 186
Kaio ceremony, 66
Kaios, see Lookout towers
Kangaroos, 5, 12, 50, 127
Karoli, 254
Kepu, see Men without valor
Killing, see Murder
Kites, 78, 158, 254
Knives, 26, 201, 231
Laurel wood, 127
Lianas, 63, 70
Lichens, 4, 8, 33, 74, 173
Life bundle, 4
Lisanika leaves, 74, 98, 126, 197, 199
Lizards, 9, 41, 78, 217
Lookout towers, 9, 20, 27-28, 61-66, 102, 112, 238, 244-45, 255; building of, 63-65
Love life, 140, 227-28
Marriage, 179-82, 221, 225; groups, 109; see also Husbands; Wives
Meals, 19; see also Feasts
Medicine, 227
Medicine men, see Men, wisakun
Men, 99, 109; appearance of, 32, 226; and children, 72, 138; clothing of, 13, 145, 182; effeminate, 167, 216; old, 48, 53, 164-65, 221, see also Men, wisakun; unmarried, 179; without valor (kepu), 15, 25, 44, 97, 196, 227, 236; vanity of, 86; violent (hunuk palin), 76, 232; wisakun, 164-66, 188, 227, 235, 246; see also Boys: Fathers; Husbands; Warriors
Mice, 94, 139, 166
Mikak, see Baler shells
Mokoko herons, 133, 255
Mosses, 4, 8, 141, 174, 193
Mountain pigeons, 40, 141, 142
Mountains, 3, 5, 230, 234, 249, 251
Mourning, 45-48, 49-51, 59, 90, 152-53, 158-61, 209, 210-11, 212, 218-21, 235, 254
Mouth harps, 26, 65, 94, 173
Murder, 42-43, 102-103, 161-62, 221, 240, 250, 256
Mustaches, 89
Mutilation ritual, 54, 59, 99, 166, 169-70, 211, 214, 216; gifts after, 182
Myrtle, 6, 63, 78, 100, 229
Myzomela, 70, 118
Names, changing of, 55, 103-104, 131, 203-204; meaning of, 24, 26, 38, 39, 41, 63, 77, 83, 96, 102, 130-31, 134, 149, 151, 161, 184, 188, 222, 225, 236, 254-55
Namis, 53, 55, 72, 159, 171, 203, 212; relationship of, 25
Nets: ceremonial, 50, 213-14, 223; weaving of, 225; worn by girls and women, 20-21, 54, 124, 135, 137, 181, 197; worn by men, 173; see also Head nets
Nightjars, 111, 140, 254
Nostrils, boars’ tusks worn in, 10, 13, 26, 116, 158; mucus-encrusted, 47, 129
Opossums, 12, 111, 128
Pandanus, 3, 20, 87, 100, 101, 145, 230
Parakeets, 70, 142, 199
Parrot feathers, 65, 66, 163
Personal appearance: of children, 129-30, 135-36, 138, 253; of men, 6, 32, 77, 86, 130, 241, 250; of women, 22-23, 46, 54, 87, 88, 137-38, 154, 170; see also Characteristics; Skin color
Pigeons, 8, 40, 141, 142
Pigs, 3, 228, 231, 234; breeding of, 35; cooking of, 51, 137-39, 148, 223; feasts of, 11, 194; as forfeits, 183; as gifts, 47, 180-82; grease of, 15-16, 87, 150, 158, 162, 164, 169, 176, 202, 220, 253; intestines of, 102; killing of, 50, 137, 146-147, 159, 209, 223; sacramental, 52, 58, 144-50, 224, 235; stealing of, 32, 42, 44, 79-80, 196-97, 221, 228, 231-32, 253-54; stray, 244; tails of, 164-65; tending of, 18-19, 35-36, 71, 197, 221, 253; testicles of, 53; trade in, 127; villages for, 18, 143, 185, 198; as wealth, 102, 131; young, 198
Pilai (men’s huts), 19, 26, 93, 144-146
Plumes, 128; as head decoration, 11-13, 87-89, 123
Pottery, 139
Protocol, 147, 201
Puna lizards, 9, 217
Punishment: of children. 166, 170; community, 120; for stealing, 203; for treachery, 120; of wives, 123, 136
Purification ritual, 66, 163, 182
Rafts, 69
Raiding parties, 67, 81, 101, 152
Raids, 80-86, 113, 152, 190-91, 205-10, 238; see also Ambush raids; War
Rains, 3, 8, 15, 69, 92-93, 189, 191, 202, 206, 228, 237, 245-46
Rape, 42, 44, 103, 183, 227
Rat ceremony, 94
Rats, 94, 139, 166, 168, 198
Red hair, 135, 138
Reprisals, 196, 232
Revenge, 162, 171, 201, 204-205, 215, 237, 240, 250
Ritual breathing, 153
Rituals, 222-24; mutilation, see Mutilation ritual; purification, 66, 163, 182; see also Ceremonies
Robin chats, 73, 107, 243
Salt, 127, 139, 197, 228-31, 234-35
Sand drawings, 100
Savannas, 7, 107, 229, 254
Seasons, changing, 143, 254
Sentries, 112-13, 244
Shell belts, 50, 67, 158, 234; see also Cowrie belts
Shell bibs, 12, 24, 27, 89, 121-22, 136, 190, 199
Shell goods, 180; trading in, 127-28
Shells, 12, 91, 137; as currency, 12, 127-28
Silis (family enclosures), 20, 38, 96, 236, 255; consecration of, 200-201
Singing, 81, 104, 123, 144, 238, 251; see also Chanting; Songs
Sinkholes, 34
Skin color, 6, 32, 41, 77, 100, 256
Skinks, 70, 78
Skirts, 21, 53, 89, 99, 179, 198
Smoking, 140, 207; by women, 124, 137, 219, 231; see also Tobacco Snail shells, 12, 91, 137
Snakes, 78, 126, 217
Soil, 8, 107
Songbirds, 107, 224; hunting of, 222
Songs, 104, 175, 229; see also Singing
Soul, the, 134, 153, 225
Southern Cross, 237
Spear-rubbing, 175-76
Spears, 6, 9-10, 14, 16-17, 26, 32, 39, 63, 82, 103, 173, 189, 191, 232, 245, 246, 249, 255; grass, 81, 168, 217; hiperi, 22; making of, 175-76; value of, 113; wood for, 128, 174
Spirits, 147, 223; see also Ghosts
Spoils, 110, 114, 120
Sport, war as, 11; see also Games
Status, 25
Stealing: pig, 32, 42, 44, 79-80, 196-97, 221, 228, 231-32, 253-254; punishment for, 203; of sweet potatoes, 203; wife, 39, 87, 91, 185
Stick throwing, 222
Stinkbugs, 186
Stoicism, 193
Stomach hoops, 88
Stone ceremony, 144-50, 164-69
Stone culture, 5-6
Stretchers, 30, 86, 193, 209
Sugar cane, 189
Suicide, 126, 188
Sweet potatoes, 5, 7, 46, 146, 169, 212, 219, 223; advent of, 106-107; as basic food, 19, 136; cultivation of, 21-22, 28, 243. see also Gardens; sacramental, 201; stealing of, 203
Swineherds, see Pigs, tending of Symplocos trees, 30, 187
Table utensils, 139
Taro leaves, 121, 135, 225
Teeth, grinding of, 74, 226
Territorial conquest, 11
Thatch bundles, 162-63, 185
Tinder, 174, 234
Toa, 135, 172, 226
Tobacco, 27, 126, 197
Tobacco pipes, 74; see also Smoking
Topsoil, 107
Toys, 129, 178, 211
Trading, 127-28
Treachery, punishment for, 120
Tripes, 52, 137
Trophy bundles, 123
Victory celebration, 59, 70, 84-85, 111-12, 117, 122-25, 208, 238-239, 241
Villages. 6-7, 19-20, 69, 111, 198, 233; abandoned, 96-97; pig, 18, 143, 185, 198; restoration of, 97
Virginity, 181
Volcanoes, 105
Wallabies, 5
Wands, egret feather, 10-11, 58, 250
War, 6, 9-17, 30, 52, 73-77. 81-86, 99, 113-20, 125, 132-34, 189-92, 244-52, spoils of, 110, 114, 120; see also Raids
War parties, 15; see also Raiding parties
Warriors, 9-10, 13-16, 30, 59-60, 111-13, 115-17, 151, 188, 205-206, 238, 244-52, young, 12-13, 59, 74, 117, 132, 133
Wasps, 51
Water calabashes, 57
Weapons, 9; wood for, 128, 174; see also Arrows; Bows; Spears
Weaver finches, 108
Weaving, 225, 235
Whisks, feather, 11
Whistlers, 9, 100, 254
White men, 256
Wigs, 92, 123
Wio wood, 128
Wisa ban, 166
Wisa things, 29, 66, 101, 150, 165
Wisakun, see Men, wisakun
Wives, 18-19, 41, 102; beating of, 123, 136; husbands and, 41-42, 140, 195, 253, killing of, 116; raping of, 44-45, 227; rivalry between, 37, 213; runaway, 123, 151, 195; seduction of, 96, 232; stealing of, 39, 87, 91, 185
Women, 170, 197, 208, 228, 230-231; appearance of, 22-23, 54, 85, 88-89, 138, 154, 170, 225; beating of, 203; clothing of, 21, 179; decoration of, 89; excluded from pilai, 98, 154; food of, 139, 160, 180; in mourning, 45-46; pregnant, 18; and raids, 81; suicide of, 125, 188; and war, 52; wisakun, 223; work done by, 21-22, 67, 81, 102, 108, 242; worthless, 167, 175; see also Girls; Nets; Wives
Wood for weapons, 128, 174
Woodcutters, 183-84, 199
Woods, 4, 7, 9, 29, 230, 246, 254, 256; see also Forests
Wounded, the, 17, 30-31, 39-40, 83, 93-94, 110, 114, 118-19, 121, 133, 134-35, 152-53, 192, 204, 208, 232, 247-48; transportation of, 30, 39-40, 82, 86, 192-94, 252
Wounds, 25, 45, 140, 155, 171, 201, 226, 240, 244, 248; infected, 221; treatment of, 14-15, 94, 121, 135, 152-56, 170, 192-93, 226-27
Woven articles, 128; see also Weaving
Yards, common, 20; fencing of, 19
Ye stones, 159, 164, 180
Yegerek, see Boys
Yoli myrtle, 6, 63