Lakalai



ETHNONYMS: Bileki, Muku, Nakanai, West Nakanai

See also Tolai

Bibliography

Chowning, Ann (1965-1966). "Lakalai Kinship." Anthropological Forum 1:476-501.

Chowning, Ann (1973). "Inspiration and Convention in Lakalai Paintings." In Art and Artists of Oceania, edited by S. M. Mead and B. Kernot, 91-104. Mill Valley, Calif.: Ethnographic Arts Publications.

Chowning, Ann, and Ward H. Goodenough (1965-1966). "Lakalai Political Organization." Anthropological Forum 1:412-473.

Goodenough, Ward H. (1971). "The Pageant of Death in Nakanai." In Melanesia: Readings on an Area, edited by Lewis L. Langness and John C. Wechsler, 270-290. Scranton, Pa.: Chandler.

Valentine, Charles A. (1961). Masks and Men in a Melanesian Society: The Valuku or Tubuan of the Lakalai of New Britain. Lawrence: University of Kansas, Social Science Studies.

Valentine, Charles A. (1965). "The Lakalai of New Britain." In Gods, Ghosts, and Men: Some Religions of Australian New Guinea and the New Hebrides, edited by P. Lawrence and M. J. Meggitt, 162-197. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.

ANN CHOWNING

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