Owning creativity: Cultural property and the efficacy of custom on the Rai Coast of Papua New Guinea

Journal of Material Culture

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 123-143

  Leach, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultural property; Kastom; Love magic; Moral personhood; UNESCO

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL HERITAGE; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; MARRIAGE; MATERIAL CULTURE;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 0042705026     PISSN: 13591835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/13591835030082001     Document Type: Article

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