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Toraja : misadventures of a social anthropologist in Sulawesi, Indonesia

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In 1985, Dr. Nigel Barley, senior anthropologist at The British Museum, set off for the relatively unknown Indonesian island of Sulawesi in search of the Toraja, a people whose culture includes headhunting, transvestite priests and the massacre of buffalo.

In witty and finely crafted prose, Barley offers fascinating insight into the people of Sulawesi and he recounts the tale of the four Torajan woodcarvers he invites back to London to construct an Indonesian rice barn in The British Museum.

Previously published as "Not a Hazardous Sport."

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Monsoon
9814423467 / 9789814423465
Paperback / softback
05/12/2013
Singapore
English
256 pages
20 cm