Texts from the oral tradition in the South Western Birds head peninsula of Irian Jaya (2 volumes)

Miedema, J: 1995/1997 Leiden, softcover 98 and 121 pages. Miedema presents transcribed and translated oral narratives from several indigenous communities in the Bird’s Head region, documenting myths, origin stories, historical memories and ritual narratives. The two volumes provide both the original languages and scholarly commentary, making them an important source for linguistic, anthropological and historical research on West Papuan cultures. In English, Malayan and Dutch. In good condition