Volume 26 / Number 4

1984

On The Cover: A bride from the coast of West Sumatra wearing a crown of imitation gold, jewels, and flowers. Photo by Peggy R. Sanday.

Vol. 26 / No. 4

By: Bill Donner

Sikaiana: A Contemporary Polynesian Society

Sikaiana is located about 90 miles east of Malaita Island in the Solomon Islands (see Fig. 2). It consists of […]

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Vol. 26 / No. 4

By: Peggy R. Sanday and Suwati Kartiwa

Cloth and Custom in West Sumatra: The Codification of Minangkabau Worldview

One of the prominent Indonesian ethnic groups, the Minangkabau constitute 3% of the entire Indonesian population and one-quarter of the […]

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Vol. 26 / No. 4

By: Peter Just

Houses and House-Building In Donggo

Throughout the islands of Indonesia a house is more than a home. Traditionally, each of the scores of Indonesian ethnic […]

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Vol. 26 / No. 4

University Museum Research Projects – Fall 1984

Silver Reef, Utah—excavation and archival re­search Director, Dr. Robert Schuyler (American Histor­ical Archaeology Section, University Museum) Sponsor, University Museum As […]

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