Material culture and the magical power of dance objects

Oceania

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 250-262

  Eves, Richard ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dance objects; Magic; Material culture; Melanesia; New Ireland; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 73949159329     PISSN: 00298077     EISSN: 18344461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4461.2009.tb00063.x     Document Type: Article

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