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Shooting the sun : ritual and meaning in West Sepik /

Shooting the sun : ritual and meaning in West Sepik / edited by Bernard Juillerat. - Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, c1992. - x, 310 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Smithsonian series in ethnographic inquiry .

"Published in cooperation with the Ministère des affaires étrangères, Paris."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-301) and index.

1560981687

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Yafar (Papua New Guinean people)--Rites and ceremonies.
Umeda (Papua New Guinean people)--Rites and ceremonies.
Symbolism.

299.925 / S559