Symbolic lizards: Forms of special purpose classification of animals among the Nage of eastern Indonesia

Anthrozoos

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 357-372

  Forth, Gregory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flores island; Folk taxonomy; Lizards; Nage people; Symbolic classification

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL TRADITION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; SYMBOLISM; TAXONOMY;

EAST NUSA TENGGARA; FLORES [LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS]; INDONESIA; LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 84880422545     PISSN: 08927936     EISSN: 17530377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/175303713X13697429463556     Document Type: Article

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