The Melanesians of British New Guinea

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anthropology monograph book ethnographic study

"The Melanesians of British New Guinea" is a foundational early 20th-century ethnographic study by anthropologist Charles Gabriel Seligman examining the cultures, social structures, and beliefs of Melanesian peoples in what is now Papua New Guinea.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	anthropology monograph ⓘ book ⓘ ethnographic study ⓘ
academicImpact	foundational work in Melanesian ethnography ⓘ influential in early 20th-century British social anthropology ⓘ
author	C. G. Seligman NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Gabriel Seligman NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	accounts of religious practices ⓘ descriptions of local customs ⓘ ethnographic case studies ⓘ
countryOfSubject	British New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ
describes	ceremonial life ⓘ clan and kinship relations ⓘ indigenous belief systems ⓘ magic and ritual ⓘ material artifacts ⓘ social organization ⓘ
discipline	anthropology ⓘ ethnology ⓘ
focus	culture of Melanesian peoples ⓘ kinship systems of Melanesian peoples ⓘ material culture of Melanesian peoples ⓘ religious beliefs of Melanesian peoples ⓘ ritual practices of Melanesian peoples ⓘ social structure of Melanesian peoples ⓘ
genre	academic non-fiction ⓘ ethnography ⓘ
hasAuthorBackground	Charles Gabriel Seligman was a British anthropologist NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext	British colonial period in New Guinea ⓘ
historicalSignificance	early systematic ethnography of Melanesian groups in New Guinea ⓘ
intendedAudience	scholars of anthropology ⓘ students of Melanesian cultures ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	Melanesians NERFINISHED ⓘ Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ
methodology	fieldwork ⓘ participant observation ⓘ
perspective	British colonial-era anthropology ⓘ
publicationCentury	20th century ⓘ
publicationStatus	published ⓘ
regionDescribed	Melanesia NERFINISHED ⓘ southeastern New Guinea ⓘ
relatedField	Pacific studies NERFINISHED ⓘ colonial history of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed	early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ

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