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Volume 23, Number 2

Winter 1981

Cover: Drawing by Reresimae, a gifted sculptor of Natagera Village, Santa Ana Island, Eastern Solomon Islands. Drawing of the tutelary deity Panawaiau and his bonito school.






Features

Male Initiation in Aoriki--Man and the Spirits in the Eastern Solomon Islands
William H. Davenport

Shell Ornaments of Malaita--Currency and Ritual Valuables in the Central Solomons
Kay Ross

Close Work Without Magnifying Lenses?--A Hypothetical Explanation for the Ability of Ancient Craftsmen to Effect Minute Detail
Leonard Gorelick and A. John Gwinnett

Hatmen of the Mountains--Aspects of Ethnic Identity in the New Guinea Highlands
James G. Flanagan

 

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