Hauser-Schäublin, Brigitta, <br/><br/>
Ceremonial houses of the abelam :  Papua New Guinea archtitecture and ritual - a passage to the ancestors / 
Brigitta Hauser-Schäublin ; translation Nigel Stephenson. 
 - 213 pages :  illustrations ;  27 cm. 
<br/><br/>1. Migration, settlements and social structure. 2. Ceremonial houses: architecture and construction. 3 The ceremonial ground as a stage of social life. 4 The ceremonial house and the world beyond. 5 Ceremonial house and ceremonial ground: an interpretation. 
<br/><br/> The ceremonial houses of the Abelam people (East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea), rank as architectual masterpieces. This book offers a unique documentation of the architecture of the different styles of ceremonial houses according to region, their mode of constuction and the impressice facade paintings. It goes on to explain the social networks responsible for the construction and maintenance, and crucial agents of social information. The author presents an extensive description and analysis of Abelam society at a time when the people were still building ceremonial houses, staging initiations and sacrificing pigs.  https://www.amazon.com/Ceremonial-Houses-Abelam-Papua-Guinea/dp/1863333444/ref=sr_1_1?crid=KV48WM00AUBT&keywords=Ceremonial+Houses+of+the+Abelam+Papua+New+Guinea+%3A&qid=1646047185&s=books&sprefix=ceremonial+houses+of+the+abelam+papua+new+guinea+%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C326&sr=1-1 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781863333443 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Architecture<br/>Architectural design
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Papua New Guinea--Architecture<br/>Abelam (Melanesian People)--Social life<br/>Abelam (Melanesian People)--Rituals
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GN671.N5  / H3813  2015