Abstract
‘NAVEN’ is a ceremonial of the latmul, a headhunting tribe of the Sepik River, New Guinea. Its preformance on occasions of importance in the life of an individual, more especially when something is done for the first time, as, for example, when a head is taken, has afforded Mr. Bateson the material for an elaborate study of the culture of the latmul people, in which different aspects of the one ceremony are made the basis of a detailed analysis of structure, emotional attitude and social relation.
Naven:
a Survey of the Problems suggested by a Composite Picture of the Culture of a New Guinea Tribe drawn from Three Points of View. By Gregory Bateson. Pp. xviii + 286 + 28 plates. (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1936.) 18s. net.
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[Short Notices]. Nature 139, 454–455 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139454c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/139454c0
