Death and the ideology of compensation among the Wodani, western highlands of Irian Jaya

Social Anthropology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 297-326

  Breton, Stéphane ^a  

^a ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES   (France)

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EID: 84937187534     PISSN: 09640282     EISSN: 14698676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8676.1999.tb00197.x     Document Type: Article

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