Sacrificial economy and its objects: Rethinking colonial collecting in Oceania

Journal of Material Culture

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-60

  Küchler, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collecting; Consumption; Image; Melanesia; Ritual; Sacrifice; Sacrificial economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006536064     PISSN: 13591835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135918359700200102     Document Type: Article

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