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Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / Ancestral Funeral | | French term or phrase: coix lacrima et abrus | Description of the treatment and preparation of Papuan ancestral skulls of deceased chieftains for funeral rituals
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| | | Job's tears and abrus | Explanation:
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"...This particular mask is probably from an Angas dance society and is made of poisonous abrus seeds..."
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"The Kukukuku Tribe
"Thick, light colored clays are used all over New Guinea to indicate
mourning and death. Deceased ancestors and bush spirits are part of
most New Guinea peoples day-to-day, if unseen, world. The Leahys were
first assumed to be returning ancestors by the Highland peoples
because of their white skin....yellow and whitish clays are still
commonly used by people mourning the death of a close relative. Heavy,
multiple strands of coix seeds (Job's tears) are worn in some areas
with the strands removed one at a time until the mourning period is
finished. " |
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13 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +2 Job's tears and abrus
Explanation:
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http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:t5HSgYow2aUJ:www.britis...
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"...This particular mask is probably from an Angas dance society and is made of poisonous abrus seeds..."
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http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:myJyudx8s80J:answers.go...'s+tears%22ritual+funeral&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&client=firefox-a
"The Kukukuku Tribe
"Thick, light colored clays are used all over New Guinea to indicate
mourning and death. Deceased ancestors and bush spirits are part of
most New Guinea peoples day-to-day, if unseen, world. The Leahys were
first assumed to be returning ancestors by the Highland peoples
because of their white skin....yellow and whitish clays are still
commonly used by people mourning the death of a close relative. Heavy,
multiple strands of coix seeds (Job's tears) are worn in some areas
with the strands removed one at a time until the mourning period is
finished. "
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job%27s_Tears
| Lori Cirefice
Local time: 23:44
Native speaker of: English
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Reference information:
musée du quai Branly: rites funéraires
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Crâne d'ancêtre Papouasie, Indonésie Asmat Milieu du 20e siècle os, graines coix lacrima et abrus, fibres végétales, plumes, cire 22 x 15 x 15 cm 71.1966. ...
www.quaibranly.fr/.../index.html?tx_fepromenadealacartet3_p...
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(WO/2002/045680) COMPOSITION FOR WHITENING OF SKIN CONTAINING ...
The preferable examples of plants containing PCA abundantly are Dan-shen (Salvia miltiorrhiza), Job's tears (Coix lacrima-jobi L.) and Windmill palm ...
www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?IA=KR2001002095&DISPLAY=DESC
JSTOR: [Travels in New Guinea]
S. M. D'ALBERTIS' Travels in New Guinea. 215 in make superior to any I had ..... with the bright red seeds of the wild liquorice vine (Abrus precatorius), ...
links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0959-5295(1877)6%3C214%3A%5BING%3E2.0.CO%3B2
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| Aug 17, 2008 - Changes made by Lori Cirefice: | | Edited KOG entry | Barbara Cochran's old entry - "coix lacrima et abrus" => "Job's tears and abrus" | | Aug 16, 2008 - Changes made by Barbara Cochran: | | Created KOG entry | KudoZ term => KOG term |
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