Contents

[Introduction, by Dr. A.C. Haddon]

CHAPTER I

[Introductory]

CHAPTER II

[Physique and Character]

CHAPTER III

[Dress and Ornament]

CHAPTER IV

[Daily Life and Matters Connected with It]

CHAPTER V

[Community, Clan, and Village Systems and Chieftainship]

CHAPTER VI

[Villages, Emone, Houses and Modes of Inter-Village Communication]

CHAPTER VII

[Government, Property and Inheritance]

CHAPTER VIII

[The Big Feast]

CHAPTER IX

[Some Other Ceremonies and Feasts]

CHAPTER X

[Matrimonial and Sexual]

CHAPTER XI

[Killing, Cannibalism and Warfare]

CHAPTER XII

[Hunting, Fishing and Agriculture]

CHAPTER XIII

[Bark Cloth Making, Netting and Art]

CHAPTER XIV

[Music and Singing, Dancing, and Toys and Games]

CHAPTER XV

[Counting, Currency and Trade]

CHAPTER XVI

[Language]

CHAPTER XVII

[Illness, Death and Burial]

CHAPTER XVIII

[Religion and Superstitious Beliefs and Practices]

CHAPTER XIX

[Note on the Kuni People]

CHAPTER XX

[Conclusion]

APPENDIX I

[A Grammar of the Fuyuge Language]

APPENDIX II

[Note on the Afoa Language]

APPENDIX III

[Note on the Kovio Language]

APPENDIX IV

[A Comparative Vocabulary of the Fuyuge, Afoa, and Kovio Languages]

APPENDIX V

[Notes on the Papuan Languages Spoken about the Head Waters of the St. Joseph River, Central Papua]