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Series VETHN - Vanuatu - General Ethnography and Anthropology Studies
Customs, demographics, some language
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Date Range1870? - 12 July 1965, first record is late 19th century
Quantity0.88 cm, 12 items
ProvenanceCapell, Arthur
Description

This series contains ethnological material concerning Vanuatu (New Hebrides at the time most material was created). It contains articles, handwritten notes, hand drawn maps, sketches, and correspondence broaching topics such as social order, traditional ceremonies, ceremonial dress, marriage and general culture.

The Republic of Vanuatu is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago is located some 1,750 km east of Australia, 500 km north-east of New Caledonia, west of Fiji and south of the Solomon Islands. It was named New Hebrides during its colonial period.

For more information: External site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanuatu

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AC2-VETHN101 Offprint. Maze-dances and the ritual of the labyrinth in Malekula, by John Layard.
Vanuatu, ethnography and anthropology studies.
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Typescript. Folk Lore, Vol XLVII, June 1936, pp 123-170. Compliments of author.

 Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-VETHN101
Date range June 1936    Quantity 0.25 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier VETHN101 Series VETHN
AC2-VETHN102 Offprint. John W. Layard. Atchin twenty years ago.
Vanuatu, ethnography and anthropology studies.
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Typescript. The Geographical Journal LXXXVIII(4) 341-351; October 1936. Compliments of the author.

 Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-VETHN102
Date range October 1936    Quantity 0.06 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier VETHN102 Series VETHN
AC2-VETHN103 Notes on Deacon's The Regulation of Marriage in Ambrym.
Vanuatu, ethnography and anthropology studies.
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Manuscript. JRAI LIX: 506 ff. Also based on B.Z. Seligman's Assymetry in Descent. JRAI LVIII: 533. Capell's hand.

 Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-VETHN103
Date range probably late 1930s    Quantity 0.07 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier VETHN103 Series VETHN
AC2-VETHN104 Ethnographic notes attributed to Rev. J.H. Lawrie.
Vanuatu, ethnography and anthropology studies.
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Manuscript. Refers to Aneityum traditions and anthropomorphic details of 'natives'. Badly damaged page.

 Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-VETHN104
Date range late 19th century    Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier VETHN104 Series VETHN
AC2-VETHN105 Letter to Capel from Ralph Grant of Croydon Park, NSW.
Vanuatu, ethnography and anthropology studies.
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Typescript. Language use and customs of 'Guga' people, but there is no indication of their location, or if this is a Vanuatu people. Possibly Gaua/Gog, Banks I.

 Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-VETHN105
Date range 12 July 1965    Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier VETHN105 Series VETHN
AC2-VETHN201 Hans Dietschy. Verwandschaft und Freundschaft Analytische Bemerkungen zur Sozialstruktur der Melanesier von Sued-west Malekulen
Customs, demographics, some language, Vanuatu - General Ethnography
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Typescript. Suedsee Studien, Basel (Museum für Völkerkunde), pp 358-412. Inscribed by the author.

 Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-VETHN201
Date range 1951    Quantity 0.28 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier VETHN201 Series VETHN
AC2-VETHN202 Set of maps drawn by A. Capell, pinpointing villages and other settlements on Tongoa, Epi, Ambrym, Nguna, Tanna.
Customs, demographics, some language, Vanuatu - General Ethnography
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Manuscript (pencil).

 Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-VETHN202
Date range no date    Quantity 0.03 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier VETHN202 Series VETHN
AC2-VETHN203 Letter to Capell from K. Keys, ref population figures for Vanuatu.
Customs, demographics, some language, Vanuatu - General Ethnography
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Manuscript.

 Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-VETHN203
Date range no date, possibly mid 1950s    Quantity 0.02 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier VETHN203 Series VETHN
AC2-VETHN204 New Hebrides Social Organisation.
Customs, demographics, some language, Vanuatu - General Ethnography
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Manuscript. Notes on cultive[?], social structures and kinship for a range of clans. Capell's hand.

 Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-VETHN204
Date range no date    Quantity 0.05 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier VETHN204 Series VETHN
AC2-VETHN205 Kinship in S.W. Malekula
Customs, demographics, some language, Vanuatu - General Ethnography
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Manuscript. (Sensang=Sinesip; Wilemp*; Meoun=Mewuin[?], *seen to be an extinct language). In Capell's hand. Extensive use of short hand.

 Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-VETHN205
Date range no date    Quantity 0.08 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier VETHN205 Series VETHN
AC2-VETHN206 Notes on Malekula culture.
Customs, demographics, some language, Vanuatu - General Ethnography
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Manuscript. Capell.

 Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-VETHN206
Date range no date    Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier VETHN206 Series VETHN
AC2-VETHN207 Sketch of ceremonial headdresses.
Customs, demographics, some language, Vanuatu - General Ethnography
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Drawing.

 Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-VETHN207
Date range no date    Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier VETHN207 Series VETHN
Published by the Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures,
Listed by Peter Newton, Austehc and PARADISEC
HTML edition Nicholas Thieberger
Updated 2 April 2014
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