Of winds, worms and mana: The traditional calendar of the Torres Islands, Vanuatu

Oceania

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 289-308

  Mondragón, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 9544229690     PISSN: 00298077     EISSN: 18344461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4461.2004.tb02856.x     Document Type: Article

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