Disrespecting the dead and the living: Iban ancestor worship and the violation of mourning taboos

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 595-610

  Wadley, Reed L ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 4043087602     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2661150     Document Type: Article

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