The afterlife of Asabano corpses: Relationships with the deceased in Papua New Guinea

Ethnology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 189-206

  Lohmann, Roger Ivar ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burial; Death; Funerals; Mortuary; Religion

Indexed keywords

CHRISTIANITY; CULTURE; MORTALITY; RELIGION;

MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 31944444821     PISSN: 00141828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3773996     Document Type: Article

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